Capnographic Monitoring of Respiratory Activity Improves Safety of Sedation for Endoscopic Cholangiopancreatography and Ultrasonography

 This article has an accompanying continuing medical education activity on page 1819. Learning Objective: After completion of the CME activity successful learners should be able to describe what capnography measures and whether capnography reduces sedation related complication in endoscopic procedures.

 Conflicts of interest These authors disclose the following: Dr Vargo is a consultant for Olympus America, Inc, and has received educational grants from Oridion Systems Ltd, MGI Pharma, Inc, and Ethicon Endosurgery. The remaining authors disclose no conflicts. This study is not sponsored by the manufacturer of a capnography device (Oridion Capnography, Inc, Needham, MA). However, the manufacturer provided the capnographic monitor (Capnostream 20) and specialized bite blocks (Smart BitebloCO₂). The manufacturer had no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, or manuscript preparation.

PII: S0016-5085(09)00182-6

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2009.02.004

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