Ingestion of a blue dye tablet during bowel prep for colonoscopy could be a significant advance in the early detection of colorectal cancer (CRC). When used in conjunction with colonoscopy, the blue ...

In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps — a type of precancerous lesion that ...

My response is to Dr. Cohen’s comments, in which he states that possible cost savings measures include “replacement of MD anesthetists with [CRNAs] for the provision of sedation, or reverting to ...

Poor bowel preparation, a known predictor of incomplete or difficult colonoscopy, has been linked to colonoscopies scheduled late in the day. Physician fatigue has also been suggested to affect ...