Arterial Oxygen Desaturation During 
Endoscopic Ultrasonography Combined with Gastroscopy: 
a Safety Evaluation in
Out-Patients

H. Allgayer; C. Pohl; W. Kruis

doi:10.1055/s-1999-50

Endoscopy, Table of Contents

Endoscopy 1999; 31(6): 447-451
DOI: 10.1055/s-1999-50

Original Article

Original Article
Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York

Arterial Oxygen Desaturation During Endoscopic Ultrasonography Combined with Gastroscopy: a Safety Evaluation in Out-Patients

H. Allgayer, C. Pohl, W. Kruis

Medical Clinic I, Klinikum Karlsruhe, Germany, and Dept. of Internal Medicine, Protestant Hospital, Köln-Kalk, Cologne, Germany

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