Prospective study of the factors associated with poor tolerance to ambulatory colonoscopy under conscious sedation.

CONCLUSIONS: tolerance of patients undergoing ambulatory colonoscopy under conscious sedation is good in most cases and complications are infrequent and minor. A worse tolerance to the test is associated with women patients, individuals with anxiety prior to colonoscopy, indication, difficult and longer exploration and lower doses of sedatives.
PMID: 29578352 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas - March 28, 2018 Category: Gastroenterology Tags: Rev Esp Enferm Dig Source Type: research