Consented Unsedated Endoscopy in High Risk Patients That Require Anesthesiologist Observation During the Procedure

This was a two-part study: Part 1 was a retrospective study of patients with ASA score≥3 that underwent unsedated colonoscopy from May 2021 to August 2022 at Sheba medical center, who were contacted up to one year after the procedure and were asked to assess their satisfaction and pain level on a standard Likert score from 1-5. Part 2 was a prospective study which included high risk patients who were scheduled for an anesthesiologist-assisted sedated-colonoscopy and who consented to undergo an unsedated procedure. The primary outcome was patients' satisfaction during and up to one week after the procedure. Pain level, adverse events and hemodynamic parameters during the procedure were secondary outcomes. Baseline State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) questionnaire were also administered and results examined vis-à-vis satisfaction scores

Inclusion criteria

• Only adults (>18 years of age) that will be assessed as high risk and require an anesthesiologist clinic assessment prior to the procedure and anesthesiologist presence during the procedure.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that are planned to go through both gastroscopy and colonoscopy procedures.
• Patients with known adhesions and/or prior small bowel obstructions.
• Patients that are planned to have a complicated procedure (complicated polypectomy etc).
• Patients that are not able to give their consent with a full understanding of the procedure.
• Patients that are pregnant.
• Patients with a heart rate above 120 bpm or less than 40 bpm at the baseline as measured before starting the procedure.
• Patients with a systolic blood pressure above 180mmHg or bellow 90mmHg as measured at the baseline before starting the procedure.