Intubation Laurie and

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My goodness if ya'll were intubated and scoped endoscopically I bet

you had one heck of a sore throat. I had versed with my first ERCP

and said I would never do it again. I dont remember much but a few

days later I had deep dark bruises on my wrists. boy I was ticked

off.

I had MAC for all my others, and Kaye is right that is the common

term used for anesthesia just to the point of intubation, with all of

my other scopes even the g-j tube placement. I have even assisted on

several MAC cases and they are even some procedures done in the OR

with MAC as well. Less recovery time. AV fistulas are often done

under MAC. I was hesitant to use that term as I was unsure it was

used in other institutions. MAC is not general anesthesia yet an

anesthesologist or anestetist must be present, intubation is often

considered general.

the way the anesthologist friend of mine had explained it.

Intubation and scoping at the same time could cause a great deal of

trauma to both the trachea and esophagus as well as damage the vocal

chords. It goes back to that each patient needs to be looked upon as

an individual and treated accordingly. I just want to make sure that

everybody knows what type of sedation they will be getting or request.

Warmly,