TY - JOUR
T1 - Barriers to Propofol Use in Emergency Medicine
AU - Green, Steven M.
AU - Krauss, Baruch
PY - 2008/10
Y1 - 2008/10
N2 - Propofol is rapidly becoming one of the most popular procedural sedation and analgesia agents in emergency medicine. However, in many hospitals emergency physicians lack access to this potent sedative. This article details the evidence and politics underlying this area of controversy, the nature and authority of hospital-wide sedation policies, and discussion of the most common criticisms of emergency department use of propofol.
AB - Propofol is rapidly becoming one of the most popular procedural sedation and analgesia agents in emergency medicine. However, in many hospitals emergency physicians lack access to this potent sedative. This article details the evidence and politics underlying this area of controversy, the nature and authority of hospital-wide sedation policies, and discussion of the most common criticisms of emergency department use of propofol.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.12.002
M3 - Article
C2 - 18295374
SN - 0196-0644
VL - 52
SP - 392
EP - 398
JO - Annals of Emergency Medicine
JF - Annals of Emergency Medicine
IS - 4
ER -