A study comparing tolerability, satisfaction and acceptance of three different techniques for esophageal endoscopy: Sedated conventional, unsedated peroral ultra thin, and esophageal capsule

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 447-452

  Nakos, G ^a   Karagiannis, S ^a,c   Ballas, S ^b   Galanis, P ^a   Alevizopoulos, G ^a   Nakos, A ^b   Mavrogiannis, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Esophagoscopy; Satisfaction; Tolerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS VARICES; ESPHAGEAL CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL TOLERANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEDATED CONVENTIONAL ENDOSCOPY; UNSEDATED PERORAL ULTRATHIN ENDOSCOPY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPES; CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; ESOPHAGOSCOPES; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 67949119013     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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