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The primary aim of the present study was to investigate whether, in patients undergoing colonoscopy procedures (P), the use of remimazolam (I) compared with other sedative agents (C) could lead to a greater incidence of hypotension, bradycardia, and hypoxia (O). (2) Methods: In the following study, we conducted an extensive literature search using two electronic databases. We included all randomized control trials, which involved a comparison of the hemodynamic changes in remimazolam versus a placebo and other sedative agents during colonoscopy procedures. Data extraction, data synthesis, and the assessment of risk of bias were performed by the authors. (3) Results: A total of seven articles met our inclusion criteria. The combined analysis of the selected studies revealed no statistically significant difference in hypotension, bradycardia, or hypoxia incidence when comparing remimazolam and the control group. However, in comparison with the group administered propofol, the pooled data of the selected studies revealed statistically significant differences in the incidence of both hypotension and bradycardia but not hypoxia. (4) Conclusions: Our findings indicate that there is no significant difference in hypotension, bradycardia, and hypoxia incidence when comparing remimazolam and other agents. Nevertheless, when comparing the remimazolam and propofol groups, the results demonstrated statistically significant differences in the incidence of both hypotension and bradycardia but not hypoxia.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/jcm13154352","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]],"date-time":"2024-07-25T14:31:07Z","timestamp":1721917867000},"page":"4352","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["A Comparison of Hypotension, Bradycardia, and Hypoxia Incidence between the Use of Remimazolam and Other Sedative Agents during Colonoscopy Procedures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Chia-Hao","family":"Ho","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Cheng-Ying","family":"Chang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2217-3231","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Cheng-Wei","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City 22060, Taiwan"},{"name":"Department of Mechanical Engineering, Yuan Ze University, Taoyuan 32003, Taiwan"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,7,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"388","DOI":"10.4103\/1658-354X.136627","article-title":"Remimazolam: The Future of Its Sedative Potential","volume":"8","author":"Goudra","year":"2014","journal-title":"Saudi J. 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