A survey of propofol abuse in academic anesthesia programs

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1066-1071

  Wischmeyer, Paul E ^a,d   Johnson, Bradley R ^b   Wilson, Joel E ^a   Dingmann, Colleen ^a   Bachman, Heidi M ^a   Roller, Evan ^b   Tran, Zung Vu ^c   Henthorn, Thomas K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VALPARAISO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d Department of Anesthesia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MONITORING; E-MAIL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHARMACY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DATA COLLECTION; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PROFESSIONAL MISCONDUCT; PROPOFOL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34748922300     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000270215.86253.30     Document Type: Article

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