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SUBMITTER: Ahmed SA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5634622 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahmed Sameh Abdelkhalik SA Selim Amal A Hawash Nehad N Tawfik Ahmed Khaled AK Yousef Mohamed M Kobtan Abdelrahman A Badawi Rehab R Elnawasany Sally S Elkhouly Reham Abdelkader RA Hanafy Amr Shaaban AS Rizk Fatma H FH Mansour Loai L Abd-Elsalam Sherief S
International journal of hepatology 20170926
<h4>Objectives</h4>We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy of propofol plus fentanyl versus midazolam plus fentanyl as sedative for patients with advanced liver disease presented for gastrointestinal endoscopy.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 100 patients with liver cirrhosis referred for upper endoscopy were enrolled and divided equally in two groups, midazolam plus fentanyl group and propofol plus fentanyl group. All patients were subjected to history taking, estimation of level of sedation, ...[more]