Currently, the most common indication for a Hartmann procedure is complicated diverticulitis (see the images below). Diverticula are small (0.5-1 cm in diameter) outpouchings of the colon that occur at the sites of vascular penetration between the single mesenteric taenia and one of the antimesenteric taeniae.
These 10 animal facts will amaze you. Propofol sedation is sedation for medical procedures accomplished with the use of propofol, a hypnotic agent used to induce anesthesia and manage patients on mechanical ventilators.ome facilities prefer to use an anesthesiologist or nurse-anesthetist for propofol sedation, as these care providers have special training in the administration of anesthesia and the potential complications.
Patients usually are briefly sedated for a colonoscopy, and some kinds of sedation require monitoring by specialists. That includes use of propofol, a powerful drug that's injected to cause deep sedation and was implicated in pop star Michael Jackson's death.hile propofol sedation is also sometimes given to low-risk colonoscopy patients, the study authors say that's often unnecessary. Drugs usually recommended for these patients typically cause lighter sedation, though most patients don't remember anything about the exams afterward.