Clinical Effectiveness of an Anesthesiologist-Administered Intravenous Sedation Outside of the Main Operating Room for Pediatric Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy in Thailand

Table 1

Patient characteristics, duration of sedation, and indication of procedure.

Variable	Overall (𝑛=142)
Age (yr) (mean, SD; range)	7.2 (3.7); 0.04–12.0
Gender (Male/Female; %)	80/62 (56.3/43.7)
Weight (kg) (mean, SD; range)	23.5 (11.3); 2.7–55
ASA physical status (I/II/III/IV; %)	43/47/50/2; (30.3/33.1/35.2/1.4)
Duration of sedation (min); (mean, SD; range)	23.2 (10.0); 5.0–60.0
Indication of procedure
Variceal screening	40 (28.2)
Abdominal pain	27 (19.0)
History of upper gastrointestinal  hemorrhage	16 (11.3)
Chronic vomiting	10 (7.0)
Anemia	9 (6.3)
Others	40 (28.2)
Type of intervention
Diagnostic procedure	99 (69.7)
Therapeutic procedure	43 (30.3)
Variceal banding	24 (16.9)
Sclerosing injection	16 (11.3)
Esophageal dilatation	2 (1.4)
Remove foreign body	1 (0.7)