General anesthesia gastroscopy is also known as painless gastroscopy. Generally at the end of the painless gastroscopy treatment about 5 to 10 minutes awake, usually no more than 15 minutes, the specific time and individual physical and metabolic conditions related.
Painless gastroscopy refers to a gastroscopy in which the patient is given a small dose of an anesthetic drug, such as propofol, intravenously to keep the patient under anesthesia before the gastroscopy is performed. Painless gastroscopy can reveal the presence of lesions in the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum. If there are lesions, pathologic biopsy and treatment of the lesions can also be performed.
Short-acting anesthetic drugs have a fast onset of action and a short duration of maintenance. Generally after stopping the medication, most of them are awake in 5 to 10 minutes, usually not more than 15 minutes, the specific awake time is related to the individual’s physical condition as well as the metabolism of the liver and kidneys.
However, painless gastroscopy may lead to allergies, respiratory depression and other side effects, so it is necessary to re-check the ECG, chest CT and other items, systemic assessment and then used under the guidance of the doctor, and can not be self-requested.