Sublingual hyoscyamine spray as premedication for colonoscopy: a randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled trial

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-55

  Chaptini, Louis A ^a   Janec, Eileen M ^a   Seltzer, Gregory ^a   Peikin, Steven ^a   Elfant, Adam B ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Hyoscyamine; Premedication

Indexed keywords

HYOSCYAMINE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CECUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON MOTILITY; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREMEDICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; URINE RETENTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADMINISTRATION, SUBLINGUAL; AEROSOLS; ATROPINE; COLONOSCOPY; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCARINIC ANTAGONISTS; PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION;

EID: 45349096388     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.06.030     Document Type: Article

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