Intravenous diazepam: an improvement in pre-endoscopic medication

Authors :: Leo Castiglioni
Marcel Patterson
Tom S. Allen
Source :: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 19:134-136
Publication Year :: 1973
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1973.
Abstract: Diazepam appears to be a very useful agent in upper gastrointestinal endoscopy. Titrating the dose to patient response should increase the incidence of amnesia and keep to a minimum the number of endoscopies abandoned due to lack of patient cooperation.