Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 5 , Pages 1781-1782 , November 2005

Nurse-Assisted Propofol Sedation: The Jury Is In!

  • Michael F. Byrne

      Affiliations

    • Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • ,
  • John Baillie

      Affiliations

    • Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress requests for reprints to: John Baillie, MB, ChB, FRCP, Box 3189, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710. fax: (919) 684-4695

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 Neither author has a conflict of interest regarding this manuscript. Neither has any financial interest in the drug, propofol, or any aspect of endoscopy sedation covered in this article.

PII: S0016-5085(05)01994-3

doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.09.051

Gastroenterology
Volume 129, Issue 5 , Pages 1781-1782 , November 2005

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