Problems with combining esophagogastroduodenoscopy and colonoscopy to analyze risks of transient hypoxia from procedures in patients with risk factors for obstructive sleep apnea: A call for stratifying risks according to individual procedures

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 672-673

  Cappell, Mitchell S ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONOSCOPY; DATA ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME;

ANOXIA; COLONOSCOPY; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE;

EID: 77956251632     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2009.12.038     Document Type: Letter

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