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Impairment state of cognitive performance and the affecting factors in outpatients following gastrointestinal endoscopy after single-dose diazepam.
Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan - 1 Mar 2005
Nakazono Kenichi, Watanabe Yoshiyuki, Nakaya Shinichi, Asami Yoshie, Masuhara Keisou, Itoh Fumio, Ogata Hiroyasu
Abstract excerpt
Diazepam is commonly used as premedicant for endoscopic procedures. Wide interindividual differences have been observed in the residual cognitive effects of the drug after gastrointestinal endoscopy. Our aim was to clarify the major factors, including pharmacokinetic factors, contributing to this wide variation in residual cognitive effect after gastrointestinal endoscopy in the study. Sixty-one outpatients...
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