General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times

BACKGROUND: Wait times are an important measure of health care system effectiveness. There are no studies describing wait times in pediatric gastroenterology for either outpatient visits or endoscopy. Pediatric endoscopy is performed under light sedation or general anesthesia. The latter is hypothes...

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Main Authors: Christine Edwards, Vikram Kapoor, Christopher Samuel, Robert Issenman, Herbert Brill
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/201025
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author Christine Edwards
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description BACKGROUND: Wait times are an important measure of health care system effectiveness. There are no studies describing wait times in pediatric gastroenterology for either outpatient visits or endoscopy. Pediatric endoscopy is performed under light sedation or general anesthesia. The latter is hypothesized to be associated with a longer wait time due to practical limits on access to anesthesia in the Canadian health care system.
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spelling doaj-art-c2fa86aea881454e8be87cd15b3b53b52025-08-20T03:23:15ZengWileyCanadian Journal of Gastroenterology0835-79002013-01-0127951952210.1155/2013/201025General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait TimesChristine Edwards0Vikram Kapoor1Christopher Samuel2Robert Issenman3Herbert Brill4McMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaBrampton Civic Hospital, William Osler Health System, Brampton, CanadaDepartment of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, CanadaMcMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaMcMaster Children’s Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, CanadaBACKGROUND: Wait times are an important measure of health care system effectiveness. There are no studies describing wait times in pediatric gastroenterology for either outpatient visits or endoscopy. Pediatric endoscopy is performed under light sedation or general anesthesia. The latter is hypothesized to be associated with a longer wait time due to practical limits on access to anesthesia in the Canadian health care system.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/201025
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title General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times
title_full General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times
title_fullStr General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times
title_full_unstemmed General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times
title_short General Anesthetic Versus Light Sedation: Effect on Pediatric Endoscopy Wait Times
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