June 7, 2006 (Seattle) -- A mixture of inhaled oxygen and nitrous oxide ( Entonox) was superior to traditional intravenous sedation for colonoscopy patients, according to research presented at the ...

A new study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics indicates nitrous oxide gas provides a comparable analgesia to IV sedation for patients undergoing colonoscopy. The study examined 623 ...

Detection of serrated polyps during colonoscopy improved significantly with the use of propofol-based versus conventional sedation, data from a large registry showed. The detection rate increased from ...

Researchers from Taiwan report in a new study that unsedated colonoscopy for primary colorectal cancer screening is well accepted in a majority of patients. Sedation is typically used for colonoscopy ...

Getting knocked out during a colonoscopy might seem like a good idea. After all, being awake as your doctor uses a long, flexible tube to get an inside view of your lower intestines doesn't sound very ...

ORLANDO -- Using diphenhydramine (Benadryl) in addition to conventional sedatives decreased pain and improved quality of sedation during colonoscopy, a researcher reported here. Results from a ...

Sedation is commonly used for routine colonoscopies, but is it always necessary and does it always need to be administered by an anesthesiologist? Perhaps not, argue two anesthesiologists. Joshua W.