Cohen LB (2008) Clinical trial: a dose-response study of fospropofol disodium for moderate sedation during colonoscopy. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 27: 597–608 Standard midazolam doses are not always ...

Detection of serrated polyps during colonoscopy improved significantly with the use of propofol-based versus conventional sedation, data from a large registry showed. The detection rate increased from ...

The risk of severe complications during colonoscopy is very low. This risk should be kept low when changing strategies to reduce discomfort during the examination. The increased use of deep sedation ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using deep sedation for index average-risk screening colonoscopy procedures did not improve polyp or adenoma ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps - a type of precancerous lesion that ...

This is a response to the recent article "GI Centers of the Future: Forecasting Colonoscopy Demand, Value-Added Services." My response is to Dr. Cohen's comments, in which he states that possible cost ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 19, 2019) Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and colonoscopy is the most-used screening tool to detect it. In a recently published study, ...

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...

The use of the anesthesia propofol puts patients to sleep faster, brings them out of their oblivion more quickly and may help doctors find more precancerous polyps during a colonoscopy than the ...

Sedation is commonly used for routine colonoscopies, but is it always necessary and does it always need to be administered by an anesthesiologist? Perhaps not, argue two anesthesiologists. Joshua W.

Anesthesia adds risk and cost to the screening procedure, research shows, raising fresh questions about how providers weigh patient satisfaction against outcomes and profit. New findings on risks ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Your recent column regarding cognitive decline after surgery suggested careful consideration prior to elective surgery. Does this advice apply to screening colonoscopies? Since it’s ...