Is propofol a safe and effective sedative for relocating hip prostheses?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-38

  Mathieu, N ^a   Jones, L ^a   Harris, A ^a   Hudson, A ^a   McLauchlan, C ^a   Riou, P ^a   Lloyd, Gavin ^a  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METARAMINOL; MORPHINE; PROPOFOL;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HIP PROSTHESIS; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS DISLOCATION; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SEDATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; PROSTHESIS FITTING;

EID: 58249115075     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2008.057729     Document Type: Article

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