During endoscopy, the patient is sedated to relieve pain and improve the ease of the procedure. Sedation endoscopy using propofol is effective, but has the disadvantage that cardiopulmonary side effects are frequently observed. However, etomidate is known to have hemodynamic and respiratory stability.The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of etomidate and propofol in sedated gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection.
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Respiratory adverse event
Timeframe: during gastric endoscopic submucosal dissection