Influence of sex, age and smoking status on patient comfort during gastroscopy with pharyngeal anesthesia by a new benzocaine-tetracaine preparation

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 431-433

  Gelly, André L ^a   Farley, Alain ^b   Boyer, Judy ^c,d   Asselin, Michelle ^b   Spénard, Jean ^c,d  

^a Centre Hospitalier Anna Laberge   (Canada)

^b Centre De Gastro Enterologie et D'Endoscopie de Montreal   (Canada)

^c Axcan Pharma Inc   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Anesthesia; Gastroscopy; Pharyngeal; Smoking

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; TETRACAINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; TASTE; THROAT;

EID: 0031686584     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/1998/395953     Document Type: Article

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