This document is an update of guidelines for sedation and anesthesia in endoscopy
prepared by the Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for …

Background Sedation is commonly used in gastrointestinal endoscopy; however,
considerable variability in sedation practices has been reported. The objective of this review …

Background & Aims We aimed to quantify the difference in complications from colonoscopy
with vs without anesthesia services. Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study and …

Importance Deep sedation for endoscopic procedures has become an increasingly used
option but, because of impairment in patient response, this technique also has the potential …

comfortable patient not only enhances endoscopist satisfaction, 4 but is associated with a
higher likelihood of the patient being willing to undergo the procedure again. The American …

Background and Aims Sedation for GI endoscopy directed by anesthesia professionals
(ADS) is used with the intention of improving throughput and patient satisfaction. However …

BACKGROUND Remimazolam is an ultrashort-acting benzodiazepine that is potentially a
practical option for procedural sedation in colonoscopy. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis …

Deep sedation without tracheal intubation (monitored anaesthesia care) and general
anaesthesia with tracheal intubation are commonly used anaesthesia techniques for …

Background and Aims EGD is the most vital procedure for the diagnosis of upper GI lesions.
We aimed to compare the performance of unsedated ultrathin transoral endoscopy (U-TOE) …

Background & Aims The increase in use of anesthesia assistance (AA) to achieve deep
sedation with propofol during colonoscopy has significantly increased colonoscopy costs …