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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive > April, 2006 Vol. VII, No. 4

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SGNA clarifies propofol statement

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:

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