The use of lubrication in flexible fibreoptic nasendoscopy: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Otolaryngology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 353-356

  Pothier, David D ^a   Awad, Z ^a   Whitehouse, M ^a   Porter, G G ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIBEROSCOPE; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; LUBRICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULOSE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; LUBRICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PAIN; PHOSPHATES; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 23044498133     PISSN: 17494478     EISSN: 17494486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.2005.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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