Sometimes sedation is a good thing
“There have been several studies that show that if you have motivated patients, a significant fraction of them can have a colonoscopy without sedation,” said Douglas Rex, MD, past president of the American College of Gastroenterology. “But what has to be kept in mind is that most American patients actually prefer to be sedated. If you use sedation, there is better patient satisfaction and better physician satisfaction. That’s really important.”
AMNews: Jan. 12, 2009. Study supports use of no-sedation colonoscopy … American Medical News.
I hope the health insurance industry doesn’t catch wind of this. I’d hate to see coverage of sedation dropped because patients aren’t “motivated”.
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