Assessment of the quality of colonoscopy in Romania.
We performed a national prospective multicentric study in order to assess the quality of colonoscopies performed in Romania. Between the 1st and 30th of November 2004, we performed a questionnaire-type study with regard to the practice of colonoscopy, addressed to all the centers in Romania known to perform digestive endoscopy. Thirty centers responded to our questionnaire, resulting in a number of 2,559 colonoscopies that were performed in Romania during the month of November (a mean of 85 colonoscopies/center/month). The percentage of cecal intubations performed nationwide was 70.5%, 74.1% in university hospitals, as compared to nonuniversity ones (64.6%) (p=0.000027). Regarding sedation during colonoscopy, in 46% of the cases the colonoscopy was performed without sedation and in 54% of the cases with sedation (or sedo-analgesia).
Sporea
Ioan
I
Department of Gastroenterology, University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania. isporea@excite.com
Popescu
Alina
A
Sirli
Roxana
R
Dănilă
Mirela
M
D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003113:Colonoscopy / Q000592:standards*; D016292:Procedural Sedation; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D012383:Romania