INTRODUCTION: In recent decades procedural sedation and/or analgesia (PS/PSA) have been widely used for diagnostic examinations and minimally invasive surgical interventions outside of the operating room. The recommendations presented in literature contain contradictory data related to indications, contraindications, baseline monitoring level, priority level protocols. OBJECTIVE: To perform an ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We evaluate the effectiveness and consider the safety of intravenous ketamine/propofol combination ("ketofol") in the same syringe for procedural sedation and analgesia in the emergency department (ED). METHODS A prospective case series of consecutive ketofol procedural sedation and analgesia events in the ED of a trauma-receiving community teaching hospital from July 2005 to ...