Journal article
Carbon dioxide for gut distension during digestive endoscopy: technique and practice survey.
- Janssens F Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Geneva University Hospital, Micheli-du-Crest Street 24, 1205 Geneva, Switzerland.
- Deviere J
- Eisendrath P
- Dumonceau JM
- 2009-03-27
Published in:
- World journal of gastroenterology. - 2009
Adult
Carbon Dioxide
Costs and Cost Analysis
Data Collection
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal
Equipment Design
Europe
Female
Humans
Insufflation
Intestinal Polyps
Male
Middle Aged
Physicians
Reproducibility of Results
Surveys and Questionnaires
English
AIM
To assess the adoption of Carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation by endoscopists from various European countries, and its determinants.
METHODS
A survey was distributed to 580 endoscopists attending a live course on digestive endoscopy.
RESULTS
The response rate was 24.5%. Fewer than half the respondents (66/142, 46.5%) were aware of the fact that room air can be replaced by CO2 for gut distension during endoscopy, and 4.2% of respondents were actually using CO2 as the insufflation agent. Endoscopists aware of the possibility of CO2 insufflation mentioned technical difficulties in implementing the system and the absence of significant advantages of CO2 in comparison with room air as barriers to adoption in daily practice (84% and 49% of answers, respectively; two answers were permitted for this item).
CONCLUSION
Based on this survey, adoption of CO2 insufflation during endoscopy seems to remain relatively exceptional. A majority of endoscopists were not aware of this possibility, while others were not aware of recent technical developments that facilitate CO2 implementation in an endoscopy suite.
To assess the adoption of Carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation by endoscopists from various European countries, and its determinants.
METHODS
A survey was distributed to 580 endoscopists attending a live course on digestive endoscopy.
RESULTS
The response rate was 24.5%. Fewer than half the respondents (66/142, 46.5%) were aware of the fact that room air can be replaced by CO2 for gut distension during endoscopy, and 4.2% of respondents were actually using CO2 as the insufflation agent. Endoscopists aware of the possibility of CO2 insufflation mentioned technical difficulties in implementing the system and the absence of significant advantages of CO2 in comparison with room air as barriers to adoption in daily practice (84% and 49% of answers, respectively; two answers were permitted for this item).
CONCLUSION
Based on this survey, adoption of CO2 insufflation during endoscopy seems to remain relatively exceptional. A majority of endoscopists were not aware of this possibility, while others were not aware of recent technical developments that facilitate CO2 implementation in an endoscopy suite.
- Language
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- English
- Open access status
- hybrid
- Identifiers
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- DOI 10.3748/wjg.15.1475
- PMID 19322921
- Persistent URL
- https://sonar.rero.ch/global/documents/147416
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