Table 3.

Complications of screening/surveillance colonoscopy quality improvement targets [3, 58]

Type of complication	Target, %
Incidence of minor sedation reactions, such as unplanned reversal of sedation	<1
Incidence of more serious adverse reactions, such as need for mask ventilation or endotracheal intubation	<0.33
Incidence of perforation by type (mechanical, small polyp, large polyp)	<0.05–0.1
Incidence of postpolypectomy bleeding (immediate and delayed) for cases involving polypectomya	<1

^aExpected rate varies depending on the volume of the removed large polyps.