Table 1

Overview of outpatients, University Clinic Leipzig, Gastroscopy (12 September 2016 to 17 March 2017)

Total number of patients2523
 Outpatients843 (33%)
 Inpatients1680 (67%)
Outpatients843 (100%)
 Intravenous sedation327 (39%)
 Local anaesthesia429 (51%)
  Oral313/843 (37%)
  Nasal116/843 (14%)
 Without data*83 (10%)
Total number outpatients approached283/843 (34%)
  • *No reported choice for an examination method in the clinical records at the Department for Endoscopy at University Hospital Leipzig, Germany.