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What type of anesthesia is used for an endoscopy?
I am a 48 year old male and I will have an endoscopy. What type of anesthesia is used for an endoscopy?
5 Answers
Sedation mild to moderate
Total Intravenous Anesthesia ( TIVA )
Can be awake, sedated, or asleep, breathing on your own usually (total IV anesthesia, or TIVA). Been there myself. I prefer TIVA.
From,
Christopher Creighton
Endoscopies are usually done with IV sedation. From the patient's point of view, the medication is given through the IV and the patient will not know anything what is going on, so you will be out of it. This is done when the anesthesia is given by a member of the anesthesia team, not nurse's conscious sedation, which is provided by a nurse from the endoscopy team.
I hope this answers your question.
Intravenous sedation