Patients who undergo advanced endoscopic procedures must be adequately sedated; however, some patients are difficult to sedate and others react adversely to standard sedatives. Varadarajulu et al.
It is currently recommended that patients who have undergone sedated endoscopy avoid driving, cycling, and even using public transport unaccompanied for 24 h afterwards. Many patients, however ...
Background and Aim: Same-day bidirectional endoscopy, including esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy, is frequently performed to screen for cancer and gastrointestinal bleeding.
Propofol sedation by nonanesthesiologists is still a highly controversial issue despite the fact that numerous studies have approved this sedation regimen for gastrointestinal endoscopy.