title: Sedation-related complications in gastrointestinal endoscopy.
abstract: Defining the risk of procedural sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures remains a vexing challenge. The definitions as to what constitutes a cardiopulmonary unplanned event are beginning to take focus but the existing literature is an amalgam of various definitions and subjective outcomes, providing a challenge to patient, practitioner, and researcher. Gastrointestinal endoscopy when undertaken by trained personnel after the appropriate preprocedural evaluation and in the right setting is a safe experience. However, significant challenges exist in further quantifying the sedation risks to patients, optimizing physiologic monitoring, and sublimating the pharmacoeconomic and regulatory embroglios that limit the scope of practice and the quality of services delivered to patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Digestive Disease Institute, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue Desk A30, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. Electronic address: vargoj@ccf.org.
authors.forename: John J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Vargo
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D016292:Procedural Sedation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D006801:Humans
keywords: Capnography; Cardiopulomonary unplanned events; Pulse oximetry