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01-03-2014 | Correspondence
Complications of ERCP in Patients Undergoing General Anesthesia Versus MAC
Authors:
Serge A. Sorser, David S. Fan, Emily E. Tommolino, Roberto M. Gamara, Kristen Cox, Ben Chortkoff, Douglas G. Adler
Published in:
Digestive Diseases and Sciences
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Issue 3/2014
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Excerpt
ERCP is well known to carry risks such as perforation, pancreatitis, and cardiopulmonary adverse events. Cardiopulmonary complications occur in approximately 1 % of cases, with a mortality rate of 0.07 % [
1]. In the United States, sedation practices vary widely [
2‐
5]. …