Comparison of transnasal small-caliber vsperoral conventional esophagogastroduodenoscopy for evaluating varices in unsedated cirrhotic patients

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 649-656

  Choe, W H ^a   Kim, J H ^a,b   Ko, S Y ^a   Kwon, S Y ^a   Kim, B K ^a   Rhee, K H ^a   Seo, T H ^a   Lee, T Y ^a   Hong, S N ^a,b   Lee, S Y ^a   Sung, I K ^a   Park, H S ^a   Shim, C S ^a  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTHROMBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BIOPSY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGEAL AND GASTRIC VARICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PATIENT PREFERENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961126131     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256474     Document Type: Article

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