None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The aim of the study is to determine that carbon dioxide (CO2) , instead of air insufflated during colonoscopy reduces pain experienced by patients post colonoscopy. the Hypothesis: Those receiving carbon dioxide (CO2) insufflation during colonscopy will experience less post colonoscopy pain than those receiving air insufflation.
Interventions
Carbon dioxide (a medicinal gas) was drawn from a CO2 tank and delivery system to a receptacle and then passed intermitently through the endoscope during the colonoscopy at the control of the endoscopist pressing a button on the hand piece of the endoscope. The intention of gas is to insufflate the colon during colonoscopy.
Sponsors
MidCentral District Health Board
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
16 Years to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Patients on the waiting list for elective colonoscopy. These will be new patients with symptoms and also patients for surveillance colonoscopy (for reasons of past history of; colon cancer, adenomas, strong family history of bowel cancer and inflammatory bowel disease)
Exclusion criteria
Age under 16 and over 90 Inability to understand participant information Patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) Refusal to participate
Outcome results
None listed