No increased risk of perforation during colonoscopy in patients undergoing Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation.

Objective: Nurse Administered Propofol Sedation (NAPS) contributes to a deeper sedation of the patients, making them unable to respond to pain and an increased incidence of perforations has been speculated. The objective of this study was to evaluate the risk of perforations during colonoscopies performed with either NAPS or conventional sedation regimes.

Material And Methods: Data were retrospectively retracted from medical journals from 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2011.