Use of gascon and pronase either as a pre-endoscopic drink or as targeted endoscopic flushes to improve visibility during gastroscopy: A prospective, randomized, controlled, blinded trial

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Bhandari, P ^a   Green, Susannah ^a   Hamanaka, H ^b   Nakajima, T ^b   Matsuda, T ^b   Saito, Y ^b   Oda, I ^b   Gotoda, T ^b  

^a PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Gascon; Mucolytic; Pronase; Simethicone; Visibility

Indexed keywords

GASCON; PRONASE; SIMETHICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUSHING; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROSCOPY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; VISIBILITY;

FEMALE; GASTRIC MUCOSA; GASTROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRONASE;

EID: 77149136055     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365520903483643     Document Type: Article

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