Premedication with pronase or N-acetylcysteine improves visibility during gastroendoscopy: an endoscopist-blinded, prospective, randomized study.
@article{Chang2007PremedicationWP, title={Premedication with pronase or N-acetylcysteine improves visibility during gastroendoscopy: an endoscopist-blinded, prospective, randomized study.}, author={Chun-Chao Chang and Sheng-Hsuan Chen and Chih-Ping Lin and Ching-Ruey Hsieh and Horng-Yuan Lou and Fat‐Moon Suk and Shiann Pan and Mingfeng Wu and Jun-Nan Chen and Yung-fa Chen}, journal={World journal of gastroenterology}, year={2007}, volume={13 3}, pages={ 444-7 } }
AIM
To assess the efficacy of premedicaton with pronase or N-acetylcysteine (NAC) at 20 min before upper gastrointestinal (UGI) endoscopy and to determine whether pronase or NAC pretreatment influences the reliability of the rapid urease test.
METHODS
A total of 146 patients were prospectively and randomly assigned into the study groups according to different premedications before endoscopy. One endoscopist assessed mucosal visibility (MV) with scores ranged from 1 to 4 at four sites in the…
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