Use of a variable-stiffness colonoscope decreases the dose of patient-controlled sedation during colonoscopy: a randomized comparison of 3 colonoscopes

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 424-429

  Lee, Danny W H ^a   Li, Anthony C N ^a   Ko, Chi wah ^a   Chu, David W ^a   Chan, Kang chung ^a   Poon, Chi ming ^a   Sin, Kwok sang ^a   Leung, Kam fung ^a   Sze, Tak suen ^a   Chan, Angus C W ^a   Chung, Sydney C S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALFENTANIL; PROPOFOL; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PRESSURE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUBATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALFENTANIL; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; COLONOSCOPES; COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPOFOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33847019608     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2006.08.027     Document Type: Article

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