Evaluating a Modified American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status‐Based Sedation Management System for Pancreatobiliary Endoscopy: A Prospective Feasibility Study
Taro Hanaoka, Kosuke Okuwaki, Masafumi Watanabe, Hiromi Matsuda, Kai Adachi, Akihiro Tamaki, Daisuke Ogawa, Mayuko Sakai, Chika Kusano · 2026
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Taro Hanaoka and co-authors test a sedation triage system for gut scope work in a 2026 study. The procedures thread a scope into the pancreas and bile ducts, and patients need sedation to stay comfortable. A standard health score, adjusted with extra risk flags, sorted patients by sedation risk. High risk patients saw an anesthesia doctor first to decide who should give sedation.
Two thousand patients passed through the system at one center over two years. About one in nine scored as high risk before review. Most patients still had sedation managed by the scope doctor, with a high success rate. No patient needed a breathing tube or a switch to full anesthesia in that group.
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| CREATOR | Taro Hanaoka, Kosuke Okuwaki, Masafumi Watanabe, Hiromi Matsuda, Kai Adachi, Akihiro Tamaki, Daisuke Ogawa, Mayuko Sakai, Chika Kusano |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 36 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |