Anesthetic management for small bowel enteroscopy in a World Gastroenterology Organization Endoscopy Training Center

Table 1 Patients’ characteristics, anesthetic time and technique, and indications for procedure

Variables	Results (n = 154)
Age (yr) (mean, SD; min-max)	57.6 (17.2); 17–92
Gender (male/female; n %)	75/79 (48.7/51.3)
Weight (kg) (mean, SD)	56.3 (11.0); 30-96
ASA physical status (I, II, III, IV; n %)	15/82/56/1 (9.7/53.2/36.4/0.6)
Anesthetic time (min) (mean, SD; min-max)	94.0 (50.5); 30-290
Anesthetic technique
GA with endotracheal tube	78 (50.6)
Topical pharyngeal anesthesia and IVS	38 (24.7)
IVS	38 (24.7)
Indications (n %)
Gastrointestinal bleeding	92 (59.7)
Chronic diarrhea	22 (14.3)
Protein losing enteropathy	4 (2.6)
Others	36 (23.4)

IVS: Intravenous sedation; GA: General anesthesia; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists.