Anaes Vivas · General surgery anaesthesia
Anaesthesia for endoscopy and ERCP — viva
Structured oral examination station for endoscopy-ercp-anaesthesia.
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Prompt
Propofol-only ERCP; SpO2 70%; scope in; no capnography used.
Opening
State the one-line answer first: triage, not recipe — high-risk ERCP is GA with a cuffed tube.[4][7]
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