• Willem J S de Villiers.
• Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 800 Rose Street, Room MN649, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. willem.devilliers@uky.edu
• Anesthesiol Clin. 2009 Mar 1; 27 (1): 57-70.

AbstractA successful population-based colorectal cancer screening requires efficient colonoscopy practices that incorporate high throughput, safety, and patient satisfaction. There are several different modalities of nonanesthesiologist-administered sedation currently available and in development that may fulfill these requirements. Modern-day gastroenterology endoscopic procedures are complex and demand the full attention of the attending gastroenterologist and the complete cooperation of the patient. Many of these procedures will also require the anesthesiologist's knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience to ensure optimal procedure results and good patient outcomes. The goal of this review is (1) to provide a gastroenterology perspective on the use of propofol in gastroenterology endoscopic practice, and (2) to describe newer GI endoscopy procedures that gastroenterologists perform that might involve anesthesiologists.

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