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Endoscopy 2024; 56(12): 964-974
DOI: 10.1055/a-2416-4866
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Sedation practices in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) survey

Konstantinos Triantafyllou 
1   Second Academic Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
2   Hepatogastroenterology Unit, Second Department of Internal Medicine-Propaedeutic, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
,
Reena Sidhu
3   Academic Unit of Gastroenterology, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, Sheffield, UK
4   Division of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine and Population Health, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK
,
Tony Tham 
5   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Ulster Hospital, Dundonald, Northern Ireland
,
Georgios Tziatzios 
6   Department of Gastroenterology, General Hospital of Nea Ionia “Konstantopoulio-Patision”, Athens, Greece
,
Claire Guy
7   TUM School of Medicine and Health, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany
,
Helmut Messmann
8   Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
,
Marianna Arvanitakis
9   Department of Gastroenterology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
,
Cesare Hassan
10   Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Italy
11   Endoscopy Unit, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center – IRCCS, Rozzano, Italy
,
Raf Bisschops 
12   Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, and TARGID, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
,
Ian Mark Gralnek
13   Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel
14   Rappaport Family Faculty of Medicine, Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel
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Abbreviations

AE: adverse event
ECG: electrocardiogram
EMR: endoscopic mucosal resection
ESD: endoscopic submucosal dissection
ESGE: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
ESGENA: European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates
EUS: endoscopic ultrasound
ERCP: endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
GI: gastrointestinal endoscopy
MAC: monitored anesthesia care
NAPS: nonanesthesiologist propofol sedation
Q: question
SaO2 : O2 saturation



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04 November 2024

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