Anesthesia is being used more often for colonoscopies, even if people really don't need it. People in the Northeast are far more likely to be put... Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation ...

Anesthesia adds risk and cost to the screening procedure, research shows, raising fresh questions about how providers weigh patient satisfaction against outcomes and profit. New findings on risks ...

My response is to Dr. Cohen’s comments, in which he states that possible cost savings measures include “replacement of MD anesthetists with [CRNAs] for the provision of sedation, or reverting to ...

Somnia Says Study Confirms That Anesthesia Improves Colonoscopy Outcomes A recent study, conducted by Katherine Hoda, MD, concluded that more pre-cancerous polyps were found in colonoscopies performed ...

Anesthesia for colonoscopy is associated with a slightly increased frequency of complications, and the most common complication is aspiration pneumonia, according to a new study. The absolute risk for ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Given a choice, most doctors and nurses who perform colonoscopy would choose to be fully anesthetized when undergoing the procedure themselves - unless they had to pay full ...

NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (UPI) -- An increasingly popular and potent anesthetic makes colonoscopies more comfortable for patients but it sharply boosts the cost, reports say. Some insurers are taking action ...

Earlier this week the federal government clarified that insurers can't charge people for anesthesia administered during a free colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer. That's welcome news for ...

Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation they'd like when they have a colonoscopy. But whether you're put under by an anesthesiologist may depend a lot more on where you live and who gets ...

Doctors often let patients decide how much sedation they'd like when they have a colonoscopy. But whether you're put under by an anesthesiologist may depend a lot more on where you live and who gets ...