Making gastrointestinal endoscopy safer

Ramrakha, SCD

Making gastrointestinal endoscopy safer

Ramrakha, SCD

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dc.contributor.author	Ramrakha, SCD
dc.date.accessioned	2013-04-17T02:22:08Z
dc.date.available	2013-04-17T02:22:08Z
dc.date.issued	2012
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/21853
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Science.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Endoscopic procedures have become the ‘gold standard’ of diagnosis and therapy in the alimentary tract and are frequently delivered in high volume centres. Given that the generic term endoscopy is broad, in this thesis, panendoscopy will refer to “upper gastrointestinal” procedure and colonoscopy will refer to “lower gastrointestinal” procedure. In such procedures, complications can be attributed to the bowel preparation, the procedure itself and/or the effects of the sedative/anaesthesia. This thesis reports on an anonymous postal survey of Australian practice of endoscopic procedures and identifies system issues in the delivery of sedation. In particular, there is an unacceptable morbidity and mortality rate seen in some public endoscopy units. Therefore, there is scope to improve levels of safety in gastrointestinal endoscopy. The first half of this thesis focuses on sedation-associated cardio respiratory embarrassment, a common cause of morbidity and mortality. This thesis examines the changes in cardio- respiratory parameters associated with sedation. Expanding on this knowledge the thesis describes the development of a novel oxygenating bite-block with capacity to sample carbon dioxide. The device, when tested against conventional delivery systems in a comparative clinical study shows, superiority in monitoring of ventilation. The second half of this thesis focuses on the complications associated with bowel preparations relating to their palatability, their purgative effect and dehydration. Effective purgation is essential to reduce the missed pathology rate. The development of a novel bowel preparation to improve safety was trialled in a comparative clinical study against three other methods. Lessons learnt from this study led to the process of further enhancement to the development to formulate a capsule bowel preparation. Improvements in oxygen delivery, ventilation monitoring and bowel preparation described in this thesis will significantly increase the safety of gastrointestinal endoscopy	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/21853/9/02Whole.pdf
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.subject	Endoscopy.	en
dc.subject	Bowel preparation.	en
dc.subject	Gastrointestinal system.	en
dc.subject	Safety measures.	en
dc.title	Making gastrointestinal endoscopy safer	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

Endoscopic procedures have become the ‘gold standard’ of diagnosis and therapy in the alimentary tract and are frequently delivered in high volume centres. Given that the generic term endoscopy is broad, in this thesis, panendoscopy will refer to “upper gastrointestinal” procedure and colonoscopy will refer to “lower gastrointestinal” procedure. In such procedures, complications can be attributed to the bowel preparation, the procedure itself and/or the effects of the sedative/anaesthesia. This thesis reports on an anonymous postal survey of Australian practice of endoscopic procedures and identifies system issues in the delivery of sedation. In particular, there is an unacceptable morbidity and mortality rate seen in some public endoscopy units. Therefore, there is scope to improve levels of safety in gastrointestinal endoscopy. The first half of this thesis focuses on sedation-associated cardio respiratory embarrassment, a common cause of morbidity and mortality. This thesis examines the changes in cardio- respiratory parameters associated with sedation. Expanding on this knowledge the thesis describes the development of a novel oxygenating bite-block with capacity to sample carbon dioxide. The device, when tested against conventional delivery systems in a comparative clinical study shows, superiority in monitoring of ventilation. The second half of this thesis focuses on the complications associated with bowel preparations relating to their palatability, their purgative effect and dehydration. Effective purgation is essential to reduce the missed pathology rate. The development of a novel bowel preparation to improve safety was trialled in a comparative clinical study against three other methods. Lessons learnt from this study led to the process of further enhancement to the development to formulate a capsule bowel preparation. Improvements in oxygen delivery, ventilation monitoring and bowel preparation described in this thesis will significantly increase the safety of gastrointestinal endoscopy

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