Options for screening colonoscopy without sedation: A pilot study in United States veterans

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 627-631

  Leung, J W ^a,b   Mann, S ^a   Leung, F W ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; INFUSION; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

AGED; COLONIC DISEASES; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 34547425820     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2007.03404.x     Document Type: Article

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