Low-dose flunitrazepam for conscious sedation for EGD: A randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 523-530

  Yoshizawa, Takashi ^a   Miwa, Hiroto ^a   Kojima, Takayo ^a   Kawakubo, Yoshiaki ^a   Namihisa, Akihiro ^a   Ohtaka, Keiichi ^a   Ohkura, Ryuichi ^a   Nishira, Youko ^a   Toriumi, Eiko ^a   Nishira, Teruo ^a   Sato, Nobuhiro ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANEXCETE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; DIAZEPAM; FLUMAZENIL; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; PETHIDINE; PLACEBO; SCOPOLAMINE BUTYL BROMIDE; SEDATIVE AGENT; SILACE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; XYLOCAINE VISCUS;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BRADYCARDIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; HYPOVENTILATION; HYPOXIA; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; TACHYCARDIA; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 10744229092     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/s0016-5107(03)02005-4     Document Type: Article

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