Journal of Gastrointestinal & Digestive System
Open Access

Review Article

Hot Topics in Airway Management During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Department of Anesthesiological, Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples, Italy, Postcode: 80138, Italy

*Corresponding Author:

Fausto Ferraro
MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology, Dept. of Anaesthesiological
Surgical and Emergency Sciences, Second University of Naples
SUN, Piazza Miraglia, 2, 80138 Naples, Italy
Tel: 39-081-5665172
Fax: 39- 081- 5666600
E-mail: fausto.ferraro@unina2.it

Received date: October 06, 2015, Accepted date: January 05, 2016, Published date: January 12, 2016

Citation: Torino A, Martino DD, Fusco P, Collina U, Marullo L, et al. (2016) Hot Topics in Airway Management During Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. J Gastrointest Dig Syst 6:377. doi:10.4172/2161-069X.1000377

Copyright: © 2016 Torino A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

Recently, endoscopic minimal invasive procedures have become commonly practiced. Sedation, and consequently airways management, is a way to respond to the increasing complexity and duration of gastrointestinal endoscopy. Main issues regarding the sedation during gastrointestinal endoscopy are: patient’s safety, comfort and tolerance to the procedure. This results simultaneously in a good examination quality. The best method to assure airways safety is still debated; it should always be tailored to the patient, to his comorbidity and to the particular procedure to be done, and has to be accepted by the whole medical team. This article provides an update on the available devices and methods of airway management during gastrointestinal endoscopy.

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