Open AccessRecovery of cognitive function after sedation with propofol for outpatient gastrointestinal endoscopy
Author(s) -
Sanath Allampati,
Sijin Wen,
Feiyu Liu,
Justin Kupec
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_369_18
Subject(s) - medicine , sedation , anesthesia , wilcoxon signed rank test , propofol , psychomotor learning , cognition , endoscopy , surgery , mann–whitney u test , psychiatry
Most endoscopies performed in the United States utilize sedation. Anesthesia provides patient comfort and improved procedural quality but adds to the complexity of scheduling routine outpatient procedures. We aimed to assess the return of cognitive function after propofol administration in patients undergoing outpatient endoscopies.