Use of automated irrigation pumps improves quality of bowel preparation for colonoscopy

Table 2 Colonoscopy results stratified by the use of the automated irrigation pumps

	Manual flushes	Automated irrigation pumps	Odds ratio (95%CI)
			P value
n	328	709
Prep quality, n (%)			2.91 (2.04-4.15)
			P < 0.01
Sub-optimal prep	80 (24.4)	73 (10.3)
Satisfactory prep	248 (75.6)	636 (89.7)
Procedure aborted due to poor prep, n (%)			2.45 (0.92-6.50)
			P = 0.10
No	323 (98.5)	684 (96.5)
Yes	5 (1.5)	25 (3.5)
Recommendation to repeat early due to prep quality, n (%)			0.27 (0.18-0.40)
			P < 0.01
No	258 (78.7)	660 (93.1)
Yes	70 (21.3)	49 (6.9)
Polyp detection, n (%)			0.85 (0.64-1.12)
			P = 0.60
Yes	194 (59.2)	407 (57.4)
No	134 (40.8)	302 (42.6)
Adenoma detection, n (%)			0.99 (0.75-1.31)
			P = 0.65
Yes	133 (40.6)	298 (42.0)
No	195 (59.4)	411 (58.0)