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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

PHILADELPHIA — Capnographic monitoring to detect early changes in breathing during routine colonoscopy does not capture more episodes of hypoxemia in moderately sedated healthy adults, the first ...

A colonoscopy is considered the gold standard when it comes to screening for colon polyps and colorectal cancer. Yet a colonoscopy – and the steps required to get one – can cause a spike of anxiety.