Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Jan 2014)

Analysis of Cardiopulmonary Stress during Endoscopy: Is Unsedated Transnasal Esophagogastroduodenoscopy Appropriate for Elderly Patients?

  • Kazuhiko Uchiyama,
  • Takeshi Ishikawa,
  • Naoyuki Sakamoto,
  • Hirokazu Kajikawa,
  • Tomohisa Takagi,
  • Osamu Handa,
  • Yoshihide Tatsumi,
  • Nobuaki Yagi,
  • Yuji Naito,
  • Yoshito Itoh,
  • Shuhei Takemura

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/291204
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 1
pp. 31 – 34

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Transnasal esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) without sedation has been reported to be safe and tolerable. It has recently been used widely in Japan for the detection of upper gastrointestinal disease. Alternatively, transoral examination using a thin endoscope has also been reported to be highly tolerable.