Premedication for bronchoscopy in older patients: A double-blind comparison of two regimens

Respiratory Medicine

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 220-226

  Watts, M R ^a   Geraghty, R ^b   Moore, A ^a   Saunders, J ^a   Swift, C G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Queen Mary's Sidcup NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Older patients; Premedication; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; LIDOCAINE; OXYGEN; TEMAZEPAM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREMEDICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREMEDICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TEMAZEPAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12144267905     PISSN: 09546111     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rmed.2004.06.002     Document Type: Article

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