Is transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation an effective analgesia during colonoscopy?

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 909, 2001, Pages 445-446

  Robinson, R ^a   Darlow, S ^a   Wright, S J ^b   Watters, C ^c   Carr, I ^c   Gadsby, G ^d   Mayberry, J ^c  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicester General Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Society of Electrotherapists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Colonoscopy; Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TRANSCUTANEOUS ELECTRIC NERVE STIMULATION;

EID: 0034947630     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.909.445     Document Type: Article

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