Zeitschrift für Gastroenterologie
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Abdominal cancer is commonly associated with pain needing medical attention. Effective pain management is available to control pain. ⋯ Only in a minority of patients with refractory pain more sophisticated options of pain management will be necessary, e. g., epidural, intrathecal or neurolytic techniques. In this situation the consultation of a pain therapist is recommended.
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Crisis management as well as realistic emergency situations can be trained in the new developed simulation workshop "Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Crisis Resource Management" by combining a full-scale simulator and the Erlanger Endoscopy Trainer. The aim of the current study was to evaluate the efficiency of the newly developed simulation workshop. ⋯ Simulation training plays an essential role in aviation and minimizes the risk for human errors. In the current study it is clearly shown that simulation training is also useful in gastrointestinal endoscopy. The newly developed workshop may thus be of crucial importance to improve personal crisis management. Simulation also leads to an improvement of endoscopic and emergency skills. Accordingly, simulation training should be recommended or offered as an education option in gastrointestinal endoscopy.