Pulmonary Aspiration after Fibre-endoscopy of the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract
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Pulmonary aspiration after fibre-endoscopy of the upper gastrointestinal tract.
Pulmonary aspiration occurred in 16 out of 65 patients (24.6%) undergoing fibre-endoscopic examinations of the upper gastrointestinal tract under intravenous sedation, but it was rarely followed by serious complications. Aspiration was found to occur under sedation with diazepam alone, diazepam with atropine, and with chlormethiazole. The most important factors contributing to aspiration are th...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1972
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.4.5835.269