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 can ...

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 ...

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.

I read with great interest the commentary piece by Pace and Borgaonkar entitled "Deep sedation for colonoscopy is unnecessary and wasteful" in the February 12, 2018 online issue of the Journal (1) and ...

Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation they'd like when they have a colonoscopy. But whether you're put under by an anesthesiologist may depend a lot more on where you live and who gets ...

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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lying there wide-awake as the doctor removed the colonoscopy tube from my hinder, I recalled that time in the 1980s when I had ...

An adequate bowel preparation is defined as one that permits the detection of all polyps >5 mm in size. While providing a conceptual framework for understanding an acceptable preparation, this ...

(CBS/AP) Dread getting a colonoscopy? You're not alone - which is why lots of people are sedated before the procedure. But a new study suggests too many people are getting extra, unnecessary sedation, ...

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 ...