Unsedated colonoscopy: patient characteristics and satisfaction in a community-based endoscopy unit

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 567-572

  Petrini, John L ^a   Egan, James V ^a   Hahn, William V ^a  

^a Sansum Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLONOSCOPY; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; COMMUNITY CARE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNSEDATION;

COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60149094048     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2008.10.027     Document Type: Article

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