Emergency department procedural sedation practice in Cape Town, South Africa
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Emergency department procedural sedation practice in Cape Town, South Africa
BACKGROUND There are no general policies or protocols for procedural sedation in the emergency department and no literature on present practice in South Africa. AIMS To investigate procedural sedation (PS) practice in adults in emergency departments (EDs) in Cape Town, South Africa. METHODS A cross-sectional descriptive study was performed by interviewing all ED managers and ED doctors in C...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1007/s12245-009-0101-3