A proof-of-principle, prospective, randomized, controlled trial demonstrating improved outcomes in scheduled unsedated colonoscopy by the water method

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 693-700

  Leung, Felix W ^a,b   Harker, Judith O ^a   Jackson, Guy ^a   Okamoto, Kate E ^a   Behbahani, Omid M ^a   Jamgotchian, Nora J ^a   Aharonian, H Steven ^a,b   Guth, Paul H ^a,b   Mann, Surinder K ^c,d   Leung, Joseph W ^c,d  

^a VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sacramento VAMC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOMA; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLONOSCOPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANK SUM TEST; SEDATION; STOMACH INTUBATION; TECHNIQUE; TRADITIONAL AIR METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER METHOD;

ADENOMA; AGED; AIR; CECUM; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WATER;

EID: 77957549811     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.05.020     Document Type: Article

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