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World J Methodol. Sep 20, 2025; 15(3): 102703
Published online Sep 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i3.102703
Published online Sep 20, 2025. doi: 10.5662/wjm.v15.i3.102703
Table 1 The adverse events in gastrointestinal endoscopy classification
| Grading | Definition |
| No adverse event | A telephone contact with the general practitioner, outpatient clinic, or endoscopy service without any intervention or extended observation of the patient after the procedure, < 3 hours, without any intervention |
| Grade I | Adverse events with any deviation of the standard postprocedural course, without the need for pharmacologic treatment or endoscopic, radiologic, or surgical interventions |
| Presentation at the emergency ward, without any intervention | |
| Hospital admission (< 24 hours), without any intervention | |
| Allowed therapeutic regimens are drugs as antiemetics, antipyretics, analgesics, and electrolytes | |
| Allowed diagnostic tests: Radiology and laboratory tests | |
| Grade II | Adverse events requiring pharmacologic treatment with drugs other than those allowed for grade I adverse events (i.e., antibiotics, antithrombotics, etc.) |
| Blood or blood product transfusions | |
| Hospital admission for more than 24 hours | |
| Grade III | Adverse events requiring endoscopic, radiologic, or surgical intervention |
| Grade IIIa | Endoscopic or radiologic intervention |
| Grade IIIb | Surgical intervention |
| Grade IV | Adverse events requiring intensive care unit/critical care unit admission |
| Grade IVa | Single-organ dysfunction (including dialysis) |
| Grade IVb | Multiorgan dysfunction |
| Grade V | Death |
- Citation: Tawheed A, Ismail A, El-Tawansy A, Maurice K, Ali A, El-Fouly A, Madkour A. Third space endoscopy pulmonary complications and chylothorax post peroral endoscopic myotomy. World J Methodol 2025; 15(3): 102703
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2222-0682/full/v15/i3/102703.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5662/wjm.v15.i3.102703