A series of 32 position statements pertaining to sedation in digestive endoscopy were prepared by an eight-member panel that was selected by the meeting's organizers, Drs Anthony Axon and Spiros Ladas ...

This 1-year single-center, prospective, study included outpatients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy. Exclusion criteria included the administration of general anesthesia and endoscopy performed ...

Upper endoscopy is the most fundamental test to diagnose diseases of the esophagus, stomach and the duodenum (for example, gastric cancer, gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers and esophagitis). Unlike ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has released updated guidelines on the use of sedation and ...

Sedation is common during digestive endoscopy to provide comfort and pain relief for patients. However, the use of sedation in endoscopy also poses potential risks, and recent issues have been raised ...

Propofol sedation by nonanesthesiologists is still a highly controversial issue despite the fact that numerous studies have approved this sedation regimen for gastrointestinal endoscopy. A new ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EvoEndo ®, Inc. (EvoEndo) announces that Children’s of Alabama has now completed over 150 Sedation-Free Transnasal Endoscopies (TNE) using the EvoEndo ® Single-Use Endoscopy ...

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EvoEndo ®, Inc. (“EvoEndo”) is proud to announce it continues to expand access to sedation-free TNE (Transnasal Endoscopy), making this vital, safer alternative available to ...

Gastric endoscopy patients who use cannabis require higher levels of sedation than non-users, research presented at Digestive Disease Week on May 21 found. Researchers studied 419 adult outpatients ...

A presentation at the 2022 Digestive Disease Week showed evidence that cannabis consumers require higher levels of anesthesia in preparation for a gastric endoscopy. This diagnostic procedure involves ...