Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
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Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. · Jun 2003
Conscious sedation with propofol in elderly patients: a prospective evaluation.
To characterize the safety of endoscopic procedures and propofol use as administered by nurses in a cohort of elderly patients. ⋯ This present study documents that gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures are safe and well tolerated even in the very elderly. Nurse-administered propofol is a safe and reasonable sedation method in these patients.