Warm water irrigation for dealing with spasm during colonoscopy: Simple, inexpensive, and effective

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 672-674

  Church, James M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCAGON; HOT WATER; HYOSCYAMINE; MIDAZOLAM; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON LAVAGE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036835376     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-5107(02)70115-6     Document Type: Article

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