Patients are asleep and should not feel anything. Office sigmoidoscopies are done on awake patients, but these are not done very often anymore. After the Endoscopy Procedure If you have been sedated, you will be moved to a recovery area to wake up. Once sedation has worn off before you...
Anendoscopy is not usually painful, but it can be uncomfortable. Most people only have mild discomfort, similar to indigestion or a sore throat. The procedure is usually done while you're awake. You may be given a local anaesthetic to numb a specific area of your body. What is the differ...
the anesthesiologist or an assistant may use suction to collect saliva, allowing you to avoid swallowing. In order to provide a better visual field, the specialist may also pump air into your stomach. Because you will be sedated, you will most likely feel no pain or discomfort...
In most cases the examination is done with the patient awake, with only mild sedation and an opioid analgesic (from the morphine family). An anesthetic spray is also usually used in the throat for the patient to better tolerate the passage of the endoscope. Many patients fall asleep during ...
awake subjects.[5,8-10]ynamic evaluation of airway during natural sleep via endoscopy was firstescribed in 1978.[11]Since sleep endoscopy during spontaneous sleep is not feasible inoutine clinical practice,airway endoscopy with pharmacologic sedation,or drug-inducedleep endoscopy(DISE),evolved in ...