Propofol-Based Sedation Does Not Increase Rate of Complication during Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Procedure

Table 2

Overall complication rate, sedation and procedure related complication, anesthetic personnel, and mortality rate (n, %).

	Group A	Group B	P-value
	(𝑁=92)	(𝑁=20)
Overall complication rate	23 (25.0)	4 (20.0)	.636
Sedation-related complication
Respiratory system	5 (5.4)	0	.286
Hypoxia	2 (2.2)	0	.506
Upper airway obstruction	3 (3.3)	0	.413
Cardiovascular system	17 (18.5)	4 (20.0)	.874
Hypotension	15 (16.3)	2 (10.0)	.476
Hypertension	0	1 (5.0)	.031^∗
Bradycardia	2 (2.2)	0	.506
Tachycardia	0	1 (5.0)	.031^∗
Procedure related complication
Bleeding	1 (1.1)	0	.640
Anesthetic personnel			.986
Residents	55 (59.8)	12 (60.0)
Anesthetic nurses	37 (40.2)	8 (40.0)
Mortality rate	0	0	1.000

Group A: propofol-based; Group B: non-propofol based.
^∗Consideredstatisticallysignificant.