Annales françaises d'anesthèsie et de rèanimation
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Ann Fr Anesth Reanim · Dec 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialEffect of patient-controlled sedation with propofol on patient satisfaction: A randomized study.
In this trial we sought to determine whether propofol-based patient-controlled sedation (PCS) during diagnostic cerebral angiography would result in improved patient satisfaction compared to placebo-based PCS. ⋯ This prospective, double-blind, randomized study showed that sedation using propofol PCS did not improve patients' satisfaction during diagnostic cerebral angiography. Therefore, an anesthetist should be rapidly available on request but not necessarily present during the whole procedure.