Early detection of potentially abnormal polyps in the colon can prevent up to 90% of colon cancer cases. Screening by means of colonoscopy is, however, an uncomfortable experience and many people put ...

Masimo SedLine has been shown to help anesthesiologists understand the patient’s sedation state using not only PSi values, but also through interpretation of the raw EEG and the Density Spectral Array ...

An adequate bowel preparation is defined as one that permits the detection of all polyps >5 mm in size. While providing a conceptual framework for understanding an acceptable preparation, this ...

This important procedure doesn’t have to feel awkward or embarrassing. Here’s what to know to make the test and the ...

ORLANDO -- Using diphenhydramine (Benadryl) in addition to conventional sedatives decreased pain and improved quality of sedation during colonoscopy, a researcher reported here. Results from a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Using deep sedation for index average-risk screening colonoscopy procedures did not improve polyp or adenoma ...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 19, 2019) Colon cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States and colonoscopy is the most-used screening tool to detect it. In a recently published study, ...

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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