Mo1143 PREDICTORS OF FAILED CONSCIOUS SEDATION IN AN ACADEMIC OUTPATIENT GASTROENTEROLOGY LAB

In the United States, procedural sedation for gastrointestinal endoscopy is mostly performed as either endoscopist-directed administration of a benzodiazepine and an opiate (conscious sedation or CS) or that directed by an anesthesiology professional, typically using propofol (monitored anesthesia care or MAC.) MAC is usually reserved for patients deemed too medically unstable for CS or who are unlikely to achieve an appropriate level of sedation with CS. There are no clear guidelines to help triage patients to CS or MAC and there is little data about the rate of failure of CS.

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