Midazolam for sedation during diagnostic or therapeutic upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in cirrhotic patients

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1214-1218

  Haq, Muhammad M ^a   Faisal, Nabiha ^a   Khalil, Ayesha ^b   Haqqi, Syed A H ^c   Shaikh, Hafeezullah ^a   Arain, Nazim ^a  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c Patel Hospital   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

cirrhosis; hepatic encephalopathy; midazolam; sedation; upper gastrointestinal endoscopy

Indexed keywords

MIDAZOLAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSCIOUSNESS LEVEL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDATION; VIRUS HEPATITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA RECOVERY PERIOD; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; FEMALE; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84866314954     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: 14735687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328356ae49     Document Type: Article

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