Sedation in digestive endoscopy: The Athens international position statements

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-442

  Cohen, L B ^a,h   Ladas, S D ^b   Vargo, J J ^c   Paspatis, G A ^d   Bjorkman, D J ^e   Van Der Linden, P ^f   Axon, A T R ^g   Axon, A E ^h   Bamias, G ^b   Despott, E ⁱ   Dinis Ribeiro, M ^j   Fassoulaki, A ^k   Hofmann, N ^l   Karagiannis, J A ^m   Karamanolis, D ⁿ   Maurer, W ^c   O'Connor, A ^o   Paraskeva, K ^m   Schreiber, F ^p   Triantafyllou, K ^q   Viazis, N ⁿ   Vlachogiannakos, J ⁿ   more..

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Benizelion General Hospital   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g Leeds Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^h Park Lane Lowden Chambers ^*  (United States)

ⁱ ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^j PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^k UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^l Diakonissen Krankenhaus   (Austria)

^m Konstantopoulio Hospital   (Greece)

ⁿ EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^o ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^p MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^q NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZOCAINE; BENZODIAZEPINE; FLUMAZENIL; LIDOCAINE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; PROPOFOL;

ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; CONSENSUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOSCOPY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAIN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRAINING; VITAL SIGN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROPOFOL;

EID: 77954339262     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04352.x     Document Type: Article

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