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World J Gastroenterol. Sep 7, 2008; 14(33): 5197-5203
Published online Sep 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5197
Published online Sep 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.5197
Maintenance time of sedative effects after an intravenous infusion of diazepam: A guide for endoscopy using diazepam
Mitsushige Sugimoto, Akiko Nakamura, Mutsuhiro Ikuma, Akira Hishida, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Takahisa Furuta, Center for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Naohito Shirai, Department of Gastroenterology, Enshu General Hospital, 1-1-1 Tyuou, Naka-ku, Hamamatsu 430-0929, Japan
Shingen Misaka, Shinya Uchida, Department of Pharmacoki-netics and Pharmacodynamics, School of Pharmaceutics Sciences, University of Shizuoka, 52-1 Yada, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka 422-8526, Japan
Hiroshi Watanabe, Takashi Ishizaki, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Higashi-ku, Hamamatsu 431-3192, Japan
Kyoichi Ohashi, Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Oita University, 1-1 Idaigaoka, Hazama, Yufu 879-5593, Japan
Author contributions: Sugimoto M, Furuta T, Nakamura A and Shirai N designed research; Sugimoto M, Furuta T, Nakamura A, Shirai N, Misaka S and Uchida S performed research; Sugimoto M, Furuta T, Nakamura A, Shirai N, Ikuma M, Misaka S, Uchida S, Watanabe H, Ohashi K, Hishida A and Ishizaki T analyzed data and wrote the paper.
Supported by Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research from YOKOYAMA Foundation for Clinical Pharmacology and a Grant-in-Aid from the Center of Excellence (COE) from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan, and Grant-in-Aid from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan No. 17590470
Correspondence to: Dr. Mitsushige Sugimoto, First Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 2002 Holcombe Blvd., Rm 3A-320B, Houston, Texas 77030, United States. sugimoto@bcm.edu
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Received: May 23, 2008
Revised: June 30, 2008
Accepted: July 7, 2008
Published online: September 7, 2008
Revised: June 30, 2008
Accepted: July 7, 2008
Published online: September 7, 2008
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