title: Consent, common adverse events, and post-adverse event actions in endoscopy.
abstract: Endoscopy constitutes a wide range of procedures with many indications. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, endoscopic ultrasonography, and enteroscopy comprise the most commonly performed procedures. These examinations all carry risk to the patient, and incumbent in this is some legal risk with regard to how the procedure is conducted, decisions made based on the intraprocedure findings, and the postprocedure results, in addition to events that occur following the procedure. This article provides an overview of consent and complications of endoscopy.
authors.affiliation: GI Fellowship Program, Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Huntsman Cancer Center, 30N 1900E 4R118, Salt Lake City, UT 84312, USA. Electronic address: douglas.adler@hsc.utah.edu.
authors.forename: Douglas G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Adler
mesh_terms: D002760:Cholangiopancreatography, Endoscopic Retrograde / Q000009:adverse effects; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D016743:Mental Competency; D010195:Pancreatitis / Q000209:etiology; D018579:Patient Selection; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000639:trends*
keywords: Adverse events; Medicolegal; Open-access endoscopy; Postprocedural care