Carbon dioxide insufflation during screening unsedated colonoscopy: a randomised clinical trial.

ABSTRACT: One of the methods used to reduce pain and discomfort during colonoscopy is insufflation of carbon dioxide instead of air. However, the actual benefit of carbon dioxide insufflation is not unequivocally proven. The aim of the study was to evaluate the advantages of carbon dioxide insufflation during screening colonoscopy. A total of 200 patients undergoing screening colonoscopy between 2010 and 2011 were included in the prospective, randomized study carried out in a surgical referral center. Screening unsedated colonoscopy with either air or carbon dioxide insufflation was performed; patients were randomly assigned to air or carbon dioxide group by means of computer-generated randomization lists. All examinations were performed in an ambulatory setting with standard videocolonoscopes. The

SUBMITTER: Szura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4495875 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature