Randomized controlled trial of patient-controlled sedation for colonoscopy: Entonox vs modified patient-maintained target-controlled propofol

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-57

  Maslekar, S ^a   Balaji, P ^a   Gardiner, A ^a   Culbert, B ^a   Monson, J R T ^b   Duthie, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonoscopy; Entonox; Propofol; Sedation

Indexed keywords

NITROUS OXIDE PLUS OXYGEN; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; ARTICLE; BOLUS INJECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON POLYP; COLONOSCOPE; COLONOSCOPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; DIVERTICULITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED PATIENT MAINTAINED TARGET CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANESTHETICS, COMBINED; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLONOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPOFOL; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650447065     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.01988.x     Document Type: Article

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