Current opinion in anaesthesiology
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Aug 2019
ReviewAnesthesia and airway management for gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures outside the operating room.
To review the anesthestic and airway management for gastrointestinal procedures outside of the operating room. ⋯ The advances in gastrointestinal endoscopic intervention have increased the requirement for deep sedation and anesthetic involvement outside of the operating room. Careful titration of anesthetic intervention and close monitoring are required to ensure patient safety.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Aug 2019
ReviewSafety in the nonoperating room anesthesia suite is not an accident: lessons from the National Transportation Safety Board.
To review the findings of National Transportation Safety Board-related aviation near misses and catastrophes and apply these principles to the nonoperating room anesthesia (NORA) suite. ⋯ Safety in modern anesthesia practice often draws comparison to the aviation industry. From distinct preoperational checklists, defined courses of action, safety monitoring and the process of guiding individuals through a journey, there are many similarities between the practice of anesthesia and flying an airplane. Consistent human performance is paramount to creating safe outcomes. Although human errors are inevitable in any complex process, the goal for both the pilot and physician is to ensure the safety of their passengers and patients, respectively. As the aviation industry has had proven success at managing human error with a dramatic improvement in safety, a deeper look at several key examples will allow for comparisons of how to implement these strategies to improve NORA safety.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Aug 2019
ReviewEfficiency and scheduling in the nonoperating room anesthesia suite: implications from patient satisfaction to increased revenue operating room: a common (Dollars and Sense) approach.
Although the NORA setting continues to outgrow the main operating room in cases, there are few studies addressing efficiency metrics, and even fewer studies addressing those of a single specialty outpatient gastroenterology facility. In order to capitalize on this growing trend, gastrointestinal endoscopies must be scheduled in a way that prevents lost potential revenue while maintaining patient convenience, comfort, safety, and satisfaction. By standardizing our scheduling for procedure block time among various endoscopists and converting our sedation practices from conscious sedation to solely Propofol sedation in a 4 : 1 CRNA to Anesthesiologist model, we increased revenue while maximizing physician efficiency and site utilization. ⋯ By adapting our sedation practices to solely Propofol sedation and by standardizing our procedural schedule times among all the endoscopists, we maximized the number of cases and revenue in our outpatient gastrointestinal endoscopy suite while increasing patient satisfaction through reduction in overall patient facility time and procedure to discharge time.
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We reviewed evidence of recent innovations in sedation education and discuss experiences with sedation training in Taiwan. ⋯ Effective sedation education and training, especially for nonanesthesiologists, is essential to improve patient safety for procedural sedation. Several innovative approaches have been proposed and are relatively early in their development and implementation. Further studies designed to assess the impact of these new training modalities on patient safety and outcomes are warranted.
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Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Aug 2019
ReviewMonitoring standards in sedation and analgesia: the odyssey of capnography in sedation for gastroenterology procedures.
Capnography is an excellent tool for early detection of hypoxemia and apnea in patients undergoing sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy. The current American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) guidelines recommend the use of capnography in any patient undergoing moderate sedation. The purpose of this review was to compile the most recent data available on capnography use in gastrointestinal endoscopy with the focus primarily on the use of capnography in moderate sedation cases. ⋯ Capnography is beneficial when used for patients who are at a higher risk for sedation-related complications. There is no benefit when capnography is used in low risk patients undergoing routine upper endoscopy and colonoscopy under moderate sedation but there is benefit when used in advanced endoscopic procedures that require deeper sedation and have longer procedure times.