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 ...

Propofol is an alternative to opioid and benzodiazepine sedatives used during endoscopic procedures. It is recommended that the drug is administered by a dedicated person other than the endoscopist, ...

Higher endoscopist polyp detection rates are significantly associated with fewer negative colonoscopies after positive stool tests, suggesting the need for new detection benchmarks, researchers say.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers found no associations between adenoma detection rate for colonoscopy and several measures of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients were more likely to express preference for a same-sex endoscopy team member than a same-sex endoscopist ...

Surgeons are as good as endoscopy specialists at detecting polyps through colonoscopy, according to a new study that discounts prior studies suggesting that endoscopists are better at detecting polyps ...

Due to existing payment structures and practice patterns for colonoscopy, reducing endoscopist reimbursement may diminish access to and quality of colorectal cancer screening. Colonoscopy ...

Electronic health record (EHR)-based machine learning (ML) to predict disease recurrence after surgical resection of early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (eNSCLC). This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract ...

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network has added endoscopist Vaishali Patel, MD, to its team of physicians, according to an Aug. 13 report from TapInto. Dr. Patel began her new role ...

Therapeutic endoscopist Sreeni Jonnalagadda, MD, has joined Saint Luke’s GI Specialists in Kansas City, Mo., according to a news release. He has extensive experience and expertise in advanced ...