The water method significantly enhances patient-centered outcomes in sedated and unsedated colonoscopy

Endoscopy

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 816-821

  Leung, F W ^a,b   Leung, J W ^c,d   Mann, S K ^c,d   Friedland, S ^e,f   Ramirez, F C ^g,h  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g CARL T HAYDEN VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; FECES; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMATOSIS INTESTINALIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; SURGICAL TRAINING; WATER METABOLISM;

CECUM; COLONOSCOPY; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSUFFLATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; WATER;

EID: 80052465152     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: 14388812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1256407     Document Type: Article

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