General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times

Christine Edwards; Vikram Kapoor; Christopher Samuel; Robert Issenman; Herbert Brill

doi:10.1155/2013/201025

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology (Jan 2013)

General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times

Christine Edwards,
Vikram Kapoor,
Christopher Samuel,
Robert Issenman,
Herbert Brill

Affiliations

Christine Edwards: McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Vikram Kapoor: Brampton Civic Hospital, William Osler Health System, Brampton, Canada
Christopher Samuel: Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Robert Issenman: McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
Herbert Brill: McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/201025
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 27, no. 9
pp. 519 – 522

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Wait times are an important measure of health care system effectiveness. There are no studies describing wait times in pediatric gastroenterology for either outpatient visits or endoscopy. Pediatric endoscopy is performed under light sedation or general anesthesia. The latter is hypothesized to be associated with a longer wait time due to practical limits on access to anesthesia in the Canadian health care system.

Published in Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

ISSN: 0835-7900 (Print); 1916-7237 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the digestive system. Gastroenterology
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1720

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