Risks of colonoscopy include electrolyte abnormalities from bowel preps and sedation. — Whalespan
Risks of colonoscopy include electrolyte abnormalities from bowel preps and sedation.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“i want to say maybe i'm paying 2 000 for a colonoscopy so that's a huge cost and then there's obviously the risk of the sedation which again is not zero in the hands of someone who's doing this every minute of every day it's very small and then of course there's the risk of perforation which again is also incredibly small especially in a healthy individual”
“there are risks of bowel preps right you can you know do these you do a bow prep prep in a person who's significantly older who runs risks from the electrolyte abnormalities that come from those things all of those things have to I I certainly wouldn't want my 86-year-old dad getting a colonoscopy under any circumstance that ship is sailed right he the bow prep alone could injure him let alone the sedation of it so so one has to be very thoughtful and measured in how they think about doing these things”
“there's the risk of dehydration electrolyte imbalance hypotension that comes from the bow prep there's the risk of the sedation and then there's the risk of a perforation or bleeding actual procedural risks”