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Use of Diazepam in Carotid Angiography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

K.K. Jain*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurosurgery, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Diazepam (Valium) has been used in 100 patients as a sedative for cerebral angiography. No serious complications were encountered. The advantages of this drug as well as the precautions for its use are listed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1974

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