Complications of upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics of North America

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 287-303

  Chan, M F ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM PERFORATION; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA;

EID: 0029963069     PISSN: 10525157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1052-5157(18)30364-7     Document Type: Review

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