Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 436-438 , April 2009

Procedural Sedation Goes Utstein: The Quebec Guidelines

  • Steven M. Green, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, CA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Steven Green, MD, Loma Linda University Medical Center A-108, 11234 Anderson Street, Loma Linda, CA 92354; 805-969-2144, Fax 775-307-4121
    • ,
  • Donald M. Yealy, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Dr. Callaham was the supervising editor on this article. Dr. Green and Dr. Yealy did not participate in the editorial review or decision to publish this article.

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online December 20, 2008.

PII: S0196-0644(08)01969-0

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.10.029

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 4 , Pages 436-438 , April 2009

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