European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates, and the European Society of Anaesthesiology Guideline: Non-anesthesiologist administration of propofol for GI endoscopy

J. M. Dumonceau; A. Riphaus; J. R. Aparicio; U. Beilenhoff; J. T. A. Knape; M. Ortmann; G. Paspatis; C. Y. Ponsioen; I. Racz; F. Schreiber; P. Vilmann; T. Wehrmann; C. Wientjes; B. Walder; and the NAAP Task Force Members

doi:10.1055/s-0030-1255728

Endoscopy 2010; 42(11): 960-974
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1255728

Guidelines

European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates, and the European Society of Anaesthesiology Guideline: Non-anesthesiologist administration of propofol for GI endoscopy

J. M. Dumonceau¹ ^, [1] , A. Riphaus² ^, [1] , J. R. Aparicio³ , U. Beilenhoff⁴ , J. T. A. Knape⁵ , M. Ortmann⁶ , G. Paspatis⁷ , C. Y. Ponsioen⁸ , I. Racz⁹ , F. Schreiber¹⁰ , P. Vilmann¹¹ , T. Wehrmann¹² , C. Wientjes⁸ , B. Walder¹³ , and the NAAP Task Force Members[2]

¹Service of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland
²Department of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
³Endoscopy Unit, Hospital General Universitario de Alicante, Pintor Baeza s/n, Alicante, Spain
⁴President, European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA), Ulm, Germany
⁵Past-President, European Society of Anaesthesiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
⁶Vice-President, ESGENA, Basel, Switzerland
⁷Department of Gastroenterology, Benizelion General Hospital, L. Knossou, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
⁸Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
⁹First Department of Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology, Petz Aladar Hospital, Gyor, Vasvari, Hungary
¹⁰Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical University Graz, Austria
¹¹Department of Surgical Gastroenterology, Herlev Hospital; Endoscopic Unit, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University, Hellerup, Denmark
¹²Division of Gastroenterology, Deutsche Klinik für Diagnostik, Wiesbaden, Germany
¹³Department of Anesthesiology, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland

Abstract

Propofol sedation by non-anesthesiologists is an upcoming sedation regimen in several countries throughout Europe. Numerous studies have shown the efficacy and safety of this sedation regimen in gastrointestinal endoscopy. Nevertheless, this issue remains highly controversial. The aim of this evidence- and consensus-based set of guideline is to provide non-anesthesiologists with a comprehensive framework for propofol sedation during digestive endoscopy. This guideline results from a collaborative effort from representatives of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE), the European Society of Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Nurses and Associates (ESGENA) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA). These three societies have endorsed the present guideline.

The guideline is published simultaneously in the Journals Endoscopy and European Journal of Anaesthesiology.

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1 Both authors collaborated equally to this work.

2 NAAP Task Force Members: L. Aabakken, Rikshospitalet – Radiumhospitalet Medical Center, Oslo, Norway; A. Axon, The General Infirmary, Leeds, United Kingdom; A. Axon, Parlane Plowden, Leeds, United Kingdom; G. Costamagna, Policlinico A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy; E. Giostra, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland; P. Hornslet, Gentofte Hospital, Copenhagen University, Hellerup, Denmark; S. Ladas, ”Attikon” University General Hospital Medical School, Athens, Greece; T. Marek, Silesian Academy of Medicine, Katowice, Poland; M. Dinis-Ribeiro, Portuguese Oncology Center Porto, CINTESIS/Porto Faculty of Medicine, Portugal.

J. M. DumonceauMD, PhD

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A. RiphausMD

Ruhr University Bochum
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