Pharyngeal anesthesia during sedated EGDs: is "the spray" beneficial? A meta-analysis and systematic review

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-766

  Evans, Luke T ^a   Saberi, Sara ^a   Kim, Hyungjin Myra ^a   Elta, Grace H ^a   Schoenfeld, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; BUTYLCAINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; LIDOCAINE; PLACEBO; TETRACAINE;

AEROSOL; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDATION; STANDARDIZATION;

ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PHARYNX; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33646489634     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2005.11.059     Document Type: Article

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