Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN DIEGO — Baseline cannabinoid use associated with the need for increased sedation among patients who ...
CMS began looking to separate moderate sedation services from procedure codes in all specialties back in 2014, including gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to a statement by ACG, AGA and ASGE. The ...
Gastric endoscopy patients who use cannabis require higher levels of sedation than non-users, research presented at Digestive Disease Week on May 21 found. Researchers studied 419 adult outpatients ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy has released updated guidelines on the use of sedation and ...
The use of an evidence-based sedation protocol for endoscopic procedures improves the quality of practice and reduces the incidence of sedation-related adverse events, according to an “AGA Institute ...
Failed sedation for routine gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is extremely rare, warranting a return to endoscopist-directed sedation, rather than costly anesthesia-assisted sedation, as the default ...
HealthDay News — The risks of cardiopulmonary adverse events are similar for propofol sedation versus traditional agents in gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, with fewer complications associated ...
BlueCross BlueShield of North Carolina is standing by its policy that deep sedation should only be used for procedures when medically necessary, according to a letter from Eugenie Komives, MD, vice ...
The national gastroenterology societies have announced they have issued a new document on sedation training for gastrointestinal endoscopy, according to a news release (pdf). The Multisociety Sedation ...
EvoEndo®, Inc. (EvoEndo) announces that Children’s of Alabama has now completed over 150 Sedation-Free Transnasal Endoscopies (TNE) using the EvoEndo® Single-Use Endoscopy System. Children’s of ...
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EvoEndo ®, Inc. (“EvoEndo”) is proud to announce it continues to expand access to sedation-free TNE (Transnasal Endoscopy), making this vital, safer alternative available to ...