TY - JOUR T1 - Use of propofol for sedation in the emergency department JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 378 LP - 379 DO - 10.1136/emj.18.5.378-a VL - 18 IS - 5 AU - Rupert Jackson AU - Simon Carley Y1 - 2001/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/18/5/378.2.abstract N2 - Report by Rupert Jackson; Specialist RegistrarChecked by Simon CarleySpecialist Registrar A 35 year old man presents with a dislocated shoulder. You are about to undertake the reduction under sedation in the emergency department and wonder whether the use of a propofol infusion rather than boluses of midazolam would give effective sedation with shorter recovery time without compromising safety. In [patients requiring conscious sedation for short painful procedures] … ER -