Meperidine as the Single Sedative Agent During Esophagogastroduodenoscopy

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Upper endoscopy is uncomfortable for most patients. Meperidine has both sedative and analgesic effects, so its use may be helpful for patients receiving upper endoscopy.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital
• Treatments: Hypnotics and Sedatives; Meperidine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing diagnostic upper endoscopy in our endoscopic room were enrolled.

Exclusion Criteria:

• A therapeutic upper endoscopic procedure, sedated endoscopy, contraindication to Buscopan (hyoscine N-butylbromide)

• Allergy to meperidine

• American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) risk Class 3 or higher

• Renal failure

• Decompensated cirrhosis

• Aged less than 20 years or more than 65 years

• Pregnancy

• Refusal to provide written informed consent.