Target-Controlled Infusions Could Improve the Safety and Efficacy of Emergency Department Propofol Sedation.

Anesth Analg

From the *Department of Emergency Medicine, Loma Linda University Medical Center and Children's Hospital, Loma Linda, California; †Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; and ‡Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Published: January 2016

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