Painless gastroscopy anesthesia has certain risks, which can cause intraoperative risks such as hypoxemia, postoperative complications such as nausea and vomiting, and operational risks such as gastric perforation.
1. Intraoperative risk: During painless gastroscopy, a small number of patients may experience complications such as hypoxemia, respiratory depression or even cardiac arrest and shock, of which hypoxemia is more common.
2. Postoperative complications: after the painless gastroscopy, patients may have postoperative nausea, vomiting, delayed postoperative awakening and agitation, aspiration pneumonia, secondary infection and other complications.
3. Operational risk: painless gastroscopy is a mature endoscopy technique, but due to improper operation and excessive force by the doctor during painless gastroscopy, it can lead to complications such as perforation of the esophagus or gastrointestinal tract, bleeding and so on.
It should be noted that painless gastroscopy is prohibited for patients suffering from cardiac arrhythmia, myocardial infarction, gastrointestinal perforation, delirium, thoracic aortic aneurysm and other diseases. The feasibility of painless gastroscopy should follow the advice of a medical professional.