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Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

Procedural Sedation in the ED: Agents

by Jim Yang, Richard Hoang | Nov 1, 2018 | Airway, Anesthesiology, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Procedural care

In this two part series, we are delving into a few of the many controversies regarding procedural sedation and explore how to reduce resource utilization and ED length of stay. In PART 1, we discussed preprocedural fasting and concluded that adherence to fasting...

Propofol or Ketofol for Procedural Sedation and Analgesia in Emergency Medicine – The POKER Study: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial

by emottawa | Mar 6, 2017 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 4/5 Usefulness Score:  3.5/5 Ferguson I, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2016 Nov;68(5):574-582. Abstract Link This was a large multicenter double-blind RCT to compare ketafol in a 1:1 ratio to propofol failed to find a 10% absolute...

Ketamine-propofol combination (ketofol) versus propofol alone for emergency department procedural sedation and analgesia: a randomized double-blind trial

by emottawa | Feb 12, 2013 | Journal Club

Journal Club Summary Methodology: 4/5 Usefulness: 3/5   Andolfatto G, Abu-Laban RB, Zed PJ, Staniforth SM, Stackhouse S, Moadebi S, Willman E. Ann Emerg Med. 2012 Jun;59(6):504-12.e1-2. Abstract Link   This double-blind, randomized trial found that Ketofol does not...
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