Water-aided insertion and CO₂-assisted withdrawal: Do we still need routine sedation for colonoscopy?

Affiliations

¹ Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
² Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Oncology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.

Editorial

Kjetil Garborg et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Jan.

. 2017 Jan;85(1):219-220.

doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.07.021.

¹ Department of Transplantation Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
² Institute of Health and Society, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Department of Gastroenterological Oncology, The Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Oncology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, Warsaw, Poland.

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Impact of carbon dioxide insufflation and water exchange on postcolonoscopy outcomes in patients receiving on-demand sedation: a randomized controlled trial.
Cadoni S, Falt P, Gallittu P, Liggi M, Smajstrla V, Leung FW. Cadoni S, et al. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017 Jan;85(1):210-218.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.gie.2016.05.021. Epub 2016 May 17. Gastrointest Endosc. 2017. PMID: 27207825 Clinical Trial.