How best to approach endoscopic sedation

The aim of sedation in endoscopic procedures is to increase the patient's comfort and to improve endoscopic performance, especially in therapeutic procedures. This Review focuses on standard and new methods of procedural sedation and their complications. It provides an approach to choose the best sedation strategy for each patient, tailored according to the clinical risk assessment and the anxiety level of the patient, as well as to the type of planned endoscopic procedure.