The science and politics of propofol

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 99, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2080-2083

  Rex, Douglas K ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; NARCOTIC AGENT; PROPOFOL;

ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIST; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DENTAL ANESTHESIA; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ENDOSCOPY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL SERVICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POLITICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESPIRATION DEPRESSION; REVIEW; SEDATION; UNITED STATES;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; CONSCIOUS SEDATION; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; NURSE ANESTHETISTS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROPOFOL; SAFETY;

EID: 8744303922     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2004.41325.x     Document Type: Review

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