Diagnostic Value and Safety of Emergency Single-Balloon Enteroscopy for Obscure Gastrointestinal Bleeding

Table 8

Adverse events in patients during emergency or nonemergency single-balloon enteroscopy under general anesthesia or conscious sedation.

Adverse event	Emergency SBE		Nonemergency SBE		Total
	GA (n = 31)	CS (n = 19)	GA (n = 35)	CS (n = 17)	GA (n = 66)	CS (n = 36)
Overall	9 (29.0)	14 (73.7)	10 (28.6)	11 (64.7)	19 (28.8)	25 (69.4)
Agitation	2 (6.5)	2 (10.5)	2 (5.7)	2 (11.8)	4 (6.1)	4 (11.1)
Dizziness	2 (6.5)	2 (10.5)	3 (8.6)	2 (11.8)	5 (7.6)	4 (11.1)
Nausea/vomiting	1 (3.2)	3 (15.8)	2 (5.7)	2 (11.8)	3 (4.6)	5 (13.9)
Hypotension	3 (9.7)	1 (5.3)	2 (5.7)	1 (5.9)	5 (7.6)	2 (5.6)
Abdominal pain/bloating	1 (3.2)	6 (31.6)	1 (2.9)	4 (23.5)	2 (3.0)	10 (27.8)

GA, general anesthesia; CS, conscious sedation. , compared between the two groups.