Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: an Introduction for Assistants

An Ontology for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Ethical aspect in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Iran

    Abstract   Background: Gastroenterologists are required to obtain consent before undertaking   any endoscopic examination. Published data indicate that in practice there are many deficiencies in this process. The aim of this survey was to determine the quality of information given to patients before the endoscopic procedures in Iran .   Methods: A structured questionnaire about patient's in...

Advanced technologies for gastrointestinal endoscopy.

The gastrointestinal tract is home to some of the most deadly human diseases. Exacerbating the problem is the difficulty of accessing it for diagnosis or intervention and the concomitant patient discomfort. Flexible endoscopy has established itself as the method of choice and its diagnostic accuracy is high, but there remain technical limitations in modern scopes, and the procedure is poorly to...

Sedation Regimens for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Sedation allows patients to tolerate unpleasant endoscopic procedures by relieving anxiety, discomfort, or pain. It also reduces a patient's risk of physical injury during endoscopic procedures, while providing the endoscopist with an adequate setting for a detailed examination. Sedation is therefore considered by many endoscopists to be an essential component of gastrointestinal endoscopy. End...

Sedation in gastrointestinal endoscopy: an anesthesiologist's perspective.

Sedation is required to treat an ever increasing number of patients for medical diagnostic or therapeutic procedures, in particular in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Due to the apparent ease of administration of sedative techniques, and due to the shortage of anesthetic staff in many Western countries, sedation is being carried out more and more frequently by non-anesthesiologist doctors or even p...