Re: "Dueling Over Propofol" (October, page 32). As president of the Society of Gastroenterology Nurses and Associates, I was pleased to see our position statement (Statement of the Use of Sedation and Analgesia in the Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Setting) referenced in your article. While I understand that space constraints necessitate using excerpts and synopses rather than the full text of a position statement, I am concerned that your use of the following language - without further clarification - could be misleading: