Safety of applying midazolam-ketamine-propofol sedation combination under the supervision of endoscopy nurse with patient-controlled analgesia pump in colonoscopy

Table 2 Propofol consumption, durations (reaching the cecum, operation, and recovery), patient satisfaction, operation re-preference, and recall of the procedure, n (%)

		Endoscopy Nurse		Anaesthetist		P
		mean ± SD	Median	mean ± SD	Median
Propofol consumption dose		83.0 ± 57.1	70.0	59.7 ± 17.5	50.0	0.0141
Reaching the cecum (min)		5.8 ± 4.9	5.5	4.9 ± 2.2	4.0	0.0041
Total operation (min)		13.7 ± 7.2	13.0	9.5 ± 3.6	8.5	0.0221
Eye opening/Recovery (min)		1.6 ± 1.2	1.0	2.0 ± 0.8	2.0	1.0001
VAS		0.5 ± 0.8	0.0	0.5 ± 0.9	0.0	0.8031
Patient Satisfaction	Very good	19 (63.3)		12 (40.0)		0.0982
	Good	10 (33.3)		13 (43.3)
	Not bad	1 (3.3)		5 (16.7)
	Bad	0 (0)		0 (0)
Operation re-preference		30 (100.0)		28 (93.3)		0.4922
Recall of the procedure	(-)	27 (90.0)		27 (90.0)		1.0002
	(+)	3 (10.0)		3 (10.0)

¹Mann-Whitney U test;

²Chi-square test. VAS: Visual analogue scale.