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. 2016 May;12(5):327-9.

Sedation in Colonoscopy

Amnon Sonnenberg  1
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Sedation in Colonoscopy

Amnon Sonnenberg. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2016 May.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Proportional rates of individual sedative usage between 2000 and 2013.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Average dose of sedation by age group of patients undergoing colonoscopy.
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