Abstract

To assess the safety of conscious sedation in patients undergoing endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreaticography (ERCP). An observational study. Department of Gastroenterology, Liaquat National Hospital, Karachi, from April 2010 to April 2015. All patients underwent ERCP procedure under midazolam and/or nalbuphine were included. Safety was assessed by monitoring the hemodynamics and complications during procedure till discharge from hospital. SPSS version 20 was used for descriptive analysis. A total of 550 procedures were enrolled for the study. The mean age of the patients was 50.85 ±15.66 years. There were 197 (35.8%) males. Out of 550 procedures, only 2 (0.4%) reported complications. The study reports a success rate of 531 (96.5%) procedures who underwent ERCP with conscious sedation. Only 19 (3.5%) cases could not be completed successfully under conscious sedation and were converted to general aneasthesia. The present study shows that ERCP technique is safe under conscious sedation as it delivers balanced tranquillity.

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