Unsedated colonoscopy for paradoxical agitation: An unusual practice for an uncommon complication in U.S. Veterans

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1578-1579

  Leung, Felix W ^a,b  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; DEXMEDETOMIDINE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; DROPERIDOL; FLUMAZENIL; KETAMINE; NARCOTIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

AGITATION; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONOSCOPY; HUMAN; LETTER; PARADOXICAL AGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANALGESICS; COHORT STUDIES; COLONOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMOTOR AGITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 44949218279     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2008.01880_12.x     Document Type: Letter

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