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Important Information On Endoscopic Anesthesia

By Jeffrey Martin


An endoscopic operation is conducted when a patient is in a sleepy state. To achieve the state, a drug must be injected into the body by a medical doctor to ensure that the operating surgeon doing the gastrointestinal endoscopy has an easy time. In most cases, endoscopic anesthesia is injected to make a patient comfortable during the operation.

The drug makes the body sedated and consequently, no pain is felt throughout the procedure. The endoscopic processes can still be done without using too much dug to kill the nerves. However, patients who fear to have a high level of discomfort can request the doctor to give them a more sedative drug which will attract a higher price.

A number of gastrointestinal operation procedures done have resulted to complications. As a way of reducing complications medical practitioners in cooperation with anesthesiologists have been looking for ways of sedating the body adequately to enhance swift procedures. The anesthetic medications are administered to make the operation procedures efficient and to completely take away all events that arise during surgery. Some events are too horrific but to reduce haunting, a patient must be completely sedated.

The sedation offered during an endoscopy differs with the most common being; general, deep, moderate and minimal. Decades ago doctors were conducting the surgery without using any form of sedation. When the doctor has administered mild sedation, patients can still have his cardiovascular and system working, and he can give a response to any verbal or tactile provocation.

The body cells cannot be aroused, however, on frequent painful stimulation, a patient can respond to this stimuli. When sedative medication is administered, the patient is not in a position to breath this requires the practitioner to use air support system. In cases where the practitioner uses general anesthesia, the patients cardiovascular system is affected and most likely the patient is not in a position to give response even to painful stimuli.

The drugs being used during the procedure requires proper titration. The medical practitioner doing the titration should ensure that he has the right measures to avoid giving the patient an overdose which may cause fatalities. Pharmacological knowledge is essential for the success of the titration processes. Every person has a different response to sedatives. Before doing the endoscopy the surgeon can assess the individual response to give the right amount of anesthetic drug.

The drugs should only be administered after briefing the patient. Briefing entails giving the patient the right information on the side effects, advantages, disadvantages and any possible risk that may arise from using the drug. With this information, the patient is able to make the right choice whether he will still use the drug. The doctor should give the patient anesthesia depending on their preferred level of sedation during the gastrointestinal endoscopic procedure.

It is not advisable to take fluids or foods before you go for the gastrointestinal procedure. Avoiding foods ensures that the way is not clogged. A clear tract is easy to operate and after the procedure, you will have got permanent treatment and the problem that you were having cannot arise again.




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