title: [Use of general anesthesia during fiber colonoscopy in cancer patients].
abstract: The evidence on the attitude of 60 cancer out-patients to fibrocolonoscopy carried out under general anesthesia was evaluated versus different procedures of intravenous injection. Most patients were scared prior to examination; 83.3% felt sleepy during the procedure while 85% of those anesthetized wouldn't mind receiving narcosis for repeat examination. Propofol (diprivan) alone showed an advantage over midazolam (dormicum) in being more tolerable and cutting stay at hospital by a third. Ketamin proved undesirable due to psychomimetic effects and delayed regaining of consciousness.
authors.affiliation: N.N. Petrov Research Institute of Oncology, Ministry of Health of the RF, St. Petersburg.
authors.forename: O Ia
authors.initials: OIa
authors.lastname: Zamiralova
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Shcherbakov
authors.forename: A I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Evtiukhin
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative / Q000009:adverse effects; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000494:pharmacology; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000523:psychology; D003243:Consciousness / Q000187:drug effects; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D005239:Fear; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms; D006801:Humans; D007649:Ketamine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D007902:Length of Stay; D008874:Midazolam / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010361:Patients / Q000523:psychology; D015742:Propofol / Q000494:pharmacology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D007649:Ketamine; D008874:Midazolam; D015742:Propofol