It is currently recommended that patients who have undergone sedated endoscopy avoid driving, cycling, and even using public transport unaccompanied for 24 h afterwards. Many patients, however ...

Background and Aim: Same-day bidirectional endoscopy, including esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) and colonoscopy, is frequently performed to screen for cancer and gastrointestinal bleeding.

In this preliminary randomized, single-blinded, comparative study, we found that patients required a lower total dose of propofol when EGD preceded colonoscopy in the bidirectional endoscopic ...