Abstract:Objective To explore the effects of different administration timing of dyclonine hydrochloride mucilage on the efficacy of conventional colonoscopy.Methods 120 patients who underwent conventional colonoscopy at the endoscopy center of our hospital from December 2023 to November 2024 were enrolled. According to different administration times of dyclonine hydrochloride mucilage, patients were divided into group A, group B and group C, with 40 cases in each group. Group A was given oral dyclonine hydrochloride mucilage 30 min after bowel preparation. Group B was sprayed with dyclonine hydrochloride mucilage solution during colonoscope withdrawal, while group C was irrigated with normal saline during withdrawal. Hemodynamic parameters [systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, heart rate (HR)], defoaming efficacy, intestinal cleanliness [Boston bowel preparation scale (BBPS)], cognitive function [Trieger dot test and digit symbol test (DST)], postoperative abdominal distension, and adverse reactions were compared among the three groups.Results At 5 minutes during examination, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and HR in group A were significantly lower than those in group B and group C. The rate of grade-Ⅰ defoaming effect in group A and group B was higher than that in group C, with statistically significant differences (P < 0.05). Ten minutes after the examination, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and HR in group A were still lower than those in group B and group C, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). At 30 min after the examination, the number of wrong dots in the Trieger dot test of group A was more than that of group B and group C, and the number of correct items in the 90-second DST was less than that of group B and group C, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). The excellent-good recovery rate of postoperative intestinal function in group A and group B was higher than that in group C, and the differences were statistically significant (P < 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in BBPS scores among the three groups (P > 0.05). No obvious adverse reactions occurred in the three groups during colonoscopy.Conclusion The application of dyclonine hydrochloride mucilage during conventional colonoscopy can improve patients’ hemodynamic stability, enhance the intestinal defoaming effect and promote the recovery of postoperative gastrointestinal function. Oral administration before examination can maintain stable hemodynamics. Compared with oral administration, spraying dyclonine during withdrawal exerts slight impacts on patients’ early postoperative cognitive function. Clinicians may select the administration timing individually according to patients’ specific conditions so as to improve the safety and comfort of colonoscopy.