Propofol may be safely administered by trained nonanesthesiologists. PRO: Propofol demystified: It is time to change the sedation paradigm

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1207-1208

  Vargo, John J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

ACCREDITATION; ANALGESIA; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC RECOVERY; APNEA; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT STONE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DRUG COST; DRUG SAFETY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC RETROGRADE CHOLANGIOPANCREATOGRAPHY; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSING EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEDATION; TRAINING; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; ENDOSCOPY; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROPOFOL; SAFETY;

EID: 4043169809     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.40572_4.x     Document Type: Review

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