A recent article in the New York Times explored the growing use of anesthesiologist-administered anesthesia during colonoscopy and its impact on the cost of colonoscopy procedures. Traditionally, ...

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 ...

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 ...

More gastroenterologists and insurance companies are beginning to prefer the sedative propofol over traditional sedation for colonoscopies, despite the increased cost, according to a report in The ...

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 ...

Hawaii’s Largest Insurer has told physicians Propofol for colonoscopies should only be used for high-risk patients, according to a KITV.com report. In a written statement about Propofol, Hawaii ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Given a choice, most doctors and nurses who perform colonoscopy would choose to be fully anesthetized when undergoing the procedure themselves - unless they had to pay full ...

WASHINGTON, DC — A computer-assisted personalized sedation device that delivers propofol during routine endoscopic procedures is getting a thumbs up from practitioners, according to an early clinical ...

Anesthesia is being used more often for colonoscopies, even if people really don't need it. People in the Northeast are far more likely to be put... Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation ...

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.

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A recent article in the New York Times explored the growing use of anesthesiologist-administered anesthesia during colonoscopy and its impact on the cost of colonoscopy procedures. Traditionally, ...