Dexmedetomidine provides less body motion and respiratory depression during sedation in double-balloon enteroscopy than midazolam
Objectives: Patients undergoing double-balloon enteroscopy require sedatives such as midazolam; however, patient’s body motion often hampers the outcome of double-balloon enteroscopy. Recently, dexmedetomidine has been used for endoscopic sedation and was reported to effectively reduce body motion....
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-09-01
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Series: | SAGE Open Medicine |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312117729920 |