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Providing safe, efficient and affordable sedation in endoscopy
  1. Barbara Braden,
  2. Alissa Walsh
  1. Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford, UK
  1. Correspondence to Professor Barbara Braden, Translational Gastroenterology Unit, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford OX39DU, UK; braden{at}em.uni-frankfurt.de

https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2018-316254

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    We compliment the authors of the ProSed 2 Study1 for their large-scale analysis on the safety of sedation in endoscopic procedures. The vast majority of the over 300 000 endoscopies in this study have been performed under propofol sedation administered by the endoscopic team and only 0.2% were supported by an anaesthetist.

    In Germany and many other European countries, propofol is routinely administered by the endoscopist or trained endoscopy nurse according to clearly defined standards as set out in the European or German guidelines.2 3 Propofol sedation administered by non-anaesthetists is even practised widely in doctors’ surgeries with endoscopy facilities.

    Currently, according to recommendations of a working party of the Royal College of Anaesthetists …

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    • Contributors BB and AW wrote the letter.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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