Sedationless upper endoscopy

Reviews in Gastroenterological Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-21

  Chak, Amitabh ^a   Rothstein, Richard I ^b,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Esophagogastroduodenoscopy; Esophagoscopy; Sedationless; Small caliber; Ultra slim; Ultra thin; Unsedated

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT; VASOCONSTRICTOR AGENT;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPE; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MOUTH CAVITY; NOSE CAVITY; PATIENT MONITORING; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; STANDARD; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33645090954     PISSN: 1533001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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