Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2007

A Prospective Evaluation of “Ketofol” (Ketamine/Propofol Combination) for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in the Emergency Department

  • Elaine Victoria Willman, MD

      Affiliations

    • University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • Gary Andolfatto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Emergency Department, Lions Gate Hospital, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Gary Andolfatto, MD, Emergency Department, Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th Street, North Vancouver, British Columbia V7L 2L7, Canada; 604-839-3766, fax 604-984-3526

Received 28 April 2006 ,Revised 27 July 2006 ,Accepted 7 August 2006.

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 Author contributions: EVW and GA conceived the study. EVW performed background literature review, designed the study, tabulated data, and provided statistical analyses. GA supervised conduct of trial and data collection. EVW and GA drafted article. GA takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.Funding and support: The authors report this study did not receive any outside funding or support.Supervising editor: Steven M. Green, MDReprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(06)02004-X

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.08.002

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 49, Issue 1 , Pages 23-30 , January 2007

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