colonoscopy without sedation

Open Access Colonoscopy has been widely used as a screening modality for colorectal cancer and in the treatment of colon disorders. Generally, colonoscopy is safe, well tolerated, and recognized as a standard diagnostic and treatment method for colon disorders. Cecal intubation (CI) is one of the proposed quality indicators for colonoscopy.

background: the aim of this study was to assess epidemiology of colorectal cancer (crc) in isfahan, iran. materials and methods: data were gathered from hospital documents of hospital admissions for colonoscopy, surgery, chemotherapy or radiotherapy due to colorectal cancer during 1996-2003. results: 1100 cases with colorectal cancer in seven years were detected and reviewed. our minimum incide...

â  background propofol is used as a sedative drug during colonoscopy. in this study we analyzed the adverse effects of propofol (i.e., hemodyâ­namic and respiratory) on patients who underwent colonoscopies. me t hod s this study was performed in qom province, iran. in this study, 125 patients (63 females, 62 males) were enrolled. study patients were administered (0.5-1.5 mg/kg) intravenous prop...

BACKGROUND Information about colonoscopy complications, particularly postpolypectomy bleeding, is limited. OBJECTIVE To quantify the magnitude and severity of colonoscopy complications. DESIGN Retrospective cohort. SETTING Kaiser Permanente of Northern California. PATIENTS 16, 318 members 40 years of age or older undergoing colonoscopy between January 1994 and July 2002. MEASUREMENTS ...

BACKGROUND AND STUDY AIMS Cecal intubation is not achieved in 2 - 23 % of colonoscopies. The efforts made by physicians to visualize the remaining colon and the number of missed significant lesions are unknown. This study evaluates 1) the reasons for incomplete colonoscopy, 2) the rates of complete colonic evaluation after incomplete colonoscopy, and 3) the number of (pre-) malignant lesions mi...

BACKGROUND Colonoscopy is advocated for screening and prevention of colorectal cancer (CRC), but randomized trials supporting the benefit of this practice are not available. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the association between colonoscopy and CRC deaths. DESIGN Population-based, case-control study. SETTING Ontario, Canada. PATIENTS Persons age 52 to 90 years who received a CRC diagnosis from J...

CONTEXT Limited evidence exists to guide the optimal frequency of repeat endoscopic examination for colorectal cancer screening after a negative colonoscopy. OBJECTIVE To determine the duration and magnitude of the risk of developing colorectal cancer following performance of a negative colonoscopy. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PATIENTS Population-based retrospective analysis of individuals whose c...

Vera VUČIĆEVIĆ Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology Clinical Center of Serbia Višegradska 26 11000 Belgrade Serbia [email protected] SUMMARY Introduction There is an increasing interest in balanced propofol sedation (BPS) for colonoscopy in outpatient settings. Propofol is a potent anesthetic agent for this purpose and has a narrow therapeutic range, which increases a risk of ca...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the implementation of screening colonoscopy amongst first-degree relatives (FDRs) of patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) in Turkey. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 400 first-degree relatives (mean(SD)age: 42.5(12.7) years, 55.5% were male) of 136 CRC patients were included in this cross-sectional questionnaire based survey. Data on demographic characteristics, relatio...