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. 2002 Apr 27;324(7344):999. doi: 10.1136/bmj.324.7344.999

Table 5.

Discomfort score recorded after breath test alone, endoscopy with sedation, and endoscopy without sedation. Values are numbers (percentages)

Cannot remember 0 No discomfort 1   2   3   4   5 Severe distress 6 Total (n=661) 7
Breath test alone 0 327 (95.6) 9 (26) 2 (0.6) 3 (0.9) 0  1 (0.3) 342
Endoscopy with sedation 20 (31.7) 14 (22.2) 12 (19.0) 4 (6.3) 4 (6.3) 6 (9.5)  3 (4.8)  63
Endoscopy without sedation 0 8 (3.1) 50 (19.5) 64 (25) 39 (15.2) 70 (27.3) 25 (9.8) 256