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Alfentanil versus ketamine combined with propofol for sedation during upper gastrointestinal system endoscopy in morbidly obese patients

Ertugrul Kılıc, Barıs Demiriz, Nurgül Isıkay, Abdullah E. Yıldırım, Selman Can and Cem Basmacı
Saudi Medical Journal November 2016, 37 (11) 1191-1195; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2016.11.14557
Ertugrul Kılıc
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Barıs Demiriz
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Nurgül Isıkay
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Abdullah E. Yıldırım
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Selman Can
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Cem Basmacı
From the Department of Anesthesiology (Kılıc, Isıkay), Department of General Surgery (Demiriz), Sehitkamil State Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology (Yıldırım), Gaziantep University School of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation (Can), Nizip State Hospital, and the Department of Internal Medicine (Basmacı), Ersin Aslan State Hospital, Gaziantep, Turkey
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Saudi Medical Journal Nov 2016, 37 (11) 1191-1195; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2016.11.14557

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