The demise of air insufflation and the rise of the warm water infusion method

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-514

  Davila, Marta L ^a   Davila, Raquel E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ENEMA; FENTANYL; HOT WATER; MIDAZOLAM;

AERATION; BODY TEMPERATURE; CECUM; COLON DILATATION; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; CONVALESCENCE; DIVERTICULOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; EDITORIAL; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; INTESTINE PREPARATION; INTUBATION; IRRITABLE COLON; LAVAGE; LIVER; LUBRICATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEDATION; SIGMOID; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SPLEEN;

AIR; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WATER;

EID: 68949125417     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.05.022     Document Type: Editorial

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