

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1
Introduction and outline of the thesis
PART 1 SEDATION: YES OR NO?
Chapter 2
Transfemoral aortic valve replacement:
does anaesthesia make the difference?
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2016; 116: 14-15
Chapter 3
Towards minimally invasiveness: transcatheter aortic
valve implantation under local analgesia exclusively.
International Journal of Cardiology 2014; 176: 1050-1052
Chapter 4
Achalasia and peroral endoscopic myotomy (poem).
A & I 2016; 9: 19-25
Chapter 5
Analgesia without sedatives during colonoscopies:
worth considering?
Techniques in Coloproctology 2012; 16: 271-276
PART 2 SEDATION: YES, BUT HOW TO ACHIEVE BEST?
Chapter 6
A multi-centre randomised double-blind placebo-controlled
trial to evaluate the value of a single bolus intravenous
alfentanil in CT colonography.
BMC Gastroenterology 2013; 13: 94-103
Chapter 7
Is “really conscious” sedation with solely an opioid an alternative
to every day used sedation regimes for colonoscopies in a
teaching hospital? Midazolam/fentanyl, propofol/alfentanil,
or alfentanil only for colonoscopy: a randomised trial.
Techniques in Coloproctology 2014; 18: 745-752
Chapter 8
Dexmedetomidine – a summary.
A & I 2012; 1: 39-44