Towards painless colonoscopy: A randomized controlled trial on carbon dioxide-insufflating colonoscopy

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 871-874

  Wong, James C H ^a   Yau, Kevin K ^a   Cheung, Hester Y S ^a   Wong, Denis C T ^a   Chung, Cliff C ^a   Li, Michael K W ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Colonoscopy; Pain

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ADULT; AERATION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; POLYPECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AIR; CARBON DIOXIDE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 53549126608     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04683.x     Document Type: Article

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