Sedation for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy: An Uneasy State of the Art

摘要

Ask any endoscopist to dream of an ideal sedation regimen for gastrointestinal endoscopy, and we all give the same description. It would have a quick onset, be very effective in everyone, be very safe, and result in rapid recovery with happy patients walking out the door. Oh, and it should be administered under the control of the gastrointestinal endoscopist. Unfortunately, to be honest, endoscopists have never had anything close to this ideal.