TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Application of Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Modeling to Guide Propofol Administration for Endoscopy Procedures A1 - Mandel, Jeff E. A2 - Johnson, Ken B. Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Clinical Pharmacology for Anesthesiology AB - Sedation for endoscopy is a rapidly emerging endeavor in anesthesia. Growth in this area has been steady, and anesthesiologists are increasingly becoming involved in endoscopic sedation. Endoscopy is distinguished from other anesthetic challenges by 2 factors. First, these procedures are performed with natural airways, and excessive sedation may induce obstruction and respiratory depression. Second, the procedure time is short, and there is insufficient time to tune the anesthetic. These factors affect the anesthetic strategy. Anesthesiologists assume that the skills learned in the operating room transfer to the endoscopy suite, but a bolus of propofol sufficient for a 99% probability of obtunding response to intubation may exceed the total propofol requirement for a diagnostic esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) several times and result in a prolonged period of jaw thrust to overcome obstruction. Conversely, starting a propofol infusion at the infusion rate for maintenance of loss of consciousness will take a considerable period of time to achieve this outcome. Target-controlled infusion (TCI) may achieve a specified effect-site concentration reliably, but the variability of patient response complicates the selection of the target.1 Thus, in a relatively short encounter, anesthesiologists must pick the appropriate induction dose for deep sedation and from this infer the proper maintenance dose. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1103965212 ER -