Trained nurses in most critical care settings often administer propofol safely to patients who are intubated and ventilated. However, some practitioners have been lulled into a false sense of ...

Responding to business columnist David Lazarus’ article last week calling out insurer Anthem Blue Cross for declaring that propofol-induced complete sedation isn’t “medically necessary ...

In coverage of the first week of the trial of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Times articles consistently described propofol as a “dangerous” anesthetic. Jackson ...

Propofol abuse is growing, particularly among those with medical access. Aug. 21, 2009— -- Propofol, the high-risk sedative suspected in Michael Jackson's death, is a drug that is being ...

says it is the only remaining domestic supplier of propofol. Earlier this year, Missouri adopted a new single-drug execution method that would make it the first state to use propofol as an ...

Reason for posting: Propofol — an anesthetic agent1 — may cause life-threatening adverse events when used to sedate critically ill children.2 The problem was first noted in 1992, when a report was ...