Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 660-665.e1 , August 2010

A Screening Instrument for Sleep Apnea Predicts Airway Maneuvers in Patients Undergoing Advanced Endoscopic Procedures

  • Gregory A. Coté

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests Address requests for reprints to: Gregory A. Coté, MD, Division of Gastroenterology, Indiana University, 550 North University Boulevard, UH 4100, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202. fax: (317) 278-0164
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  • Christine E. Hovis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Richard M. Hovis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Lawrence Waldbaum

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Dayna S. Early

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Steven A. Edmundowicz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Riad R. Azar

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Daniel K. Mullady

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Sreenivasa S. Jonnalagadda

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

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PII: S1542-3565(10)00501-X

doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.05.015

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Volume 8, Issue 8 , Pages 660-665.e1 , August 2010

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