Clinical Practice Advisory: Emergency Department Procedural Sedation With Propofol
Received 12 June 2006; received in revised form 18 August 2006, 27 October 2006, 5 December 2006 and 8 December 2006; accepted 20 December 2006. published online 06 March 2007.
We present an evidence-based clinical practice advisory for the administration of propofol for emergency department procedural sedation. We critically discuss indications, contraindications, personnel and monitoring requirements, dosing, coadministered medications, and patient recovery from propofol. Future research questions are considered.
aDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, MN
bDepartment of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY.
Address for correspondence: John H. Burton, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, Albany Medical College, 43 New Scotland Avenue, MC 139, Albany, NY 12208; 518-262-4050; fax 518-262-3236
Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MD
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