Drugs used to achieve sedation (patients receiving general anaesthesia/propofol excluded)
| Drug | n (%) of ERCPs in which drug was administered*(n = 5169) | Mean (SD) total dose administered |
|---|---|---|
| ERCP, endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography. | ||
| *In 132 (3%) cases, use of benzodiazepine was not recorded. In four cases, both midazolam and diazepam were recorded as being administered during the course of a single ERCP. Among procedures performed using benzodiazipine, 4724 of 5039 (94%) involved coadministration of an opioid. | ||
| Midazolam | 4521 (87) | 5.7 (3.2) mg |
| Diazepam | 520 (10) | 13.5 (6.8) mg |
| Pethidine | 3191 (62) | 50.8 (18.9) mg |
| Nalbuphane | 649 (13) | 8.6 (4.3) mg |
| Fentanyl | 1069 (21) | 90.4 (44.9) mcg |