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Aug 06, 2006 08:17 PM

propofol infusion syndrome


Propofol should not be used for long term sedation. Few people know of this deadly drug reaction
Many Europen countries know the truth about this very unpredicable drug.It's time to open honest discusion about it's shortcommings here.

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from RoxanRN2003
Old Aug 06, 2006, 11:32 PM

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I'm be interested to see your literature.
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from traumaRUs
Old Aug 07, 2006, 07:13 AM

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Can you provide us with a citation? Thanks.
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from john 1947
Old Aug 08, 2006, 08:38 PM

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I am looking for nurses who have had first hand experince dealing with patients with the propofol infusion syndrome.
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from NRSKarenRN
Old Aug 08, 2006, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by john 1947
I am looking for nurses who have had first hand experince dealing with patients with the propofol infusion syndrome.
Sharing of information for educational purposes is purpose behind website. If looking for nurses for testimony in lawsuit, please look elsewhere.
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from john 1947
Old Aug 08, 2006, 09:41 PM

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Im not looking for testimony in any lawsuit. My only desire is to make aware this problem. Money has no value to me, Im only looking for truth and to avoid this happening to another.There has been enough discusion how many more lives will it take before a black box for adults as well as children on this drug is mandatory.
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from gwenith
Old Aug 08, 2006, 10:49 PM

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I have to say that I was not as aware of this but then Propofol is ONLY used for 24 - 48 hours here. It is never used for long term sedation and we tend to use lesser amounts. Cost of the drug is one reason why we have limited use but the other is we have a higher patient nurse ratio in Australia and that leads to lower sedation levels.
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from RoxanRN2003
Old Aug 09, 2006, 08:51 AM

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I've never heard of it until now. Since we've gotten out new intensivist, we don't use it as often. To my knowledge, we haven't had problems that have been/can be attributated to PRIS (not saying it hasn't happened, just not aware of any).
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from gwenith
Old Aug 09, 2006, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by RoxanRN2003
I've never heard of it until now. Since we've gotten out new intensivist, we don't use it as often. To my knowledge, we haven't had problems that have been/can be attributated to PRIS (not saying it hasn't happened, just not aware of any).
I am glad I am not alone - oh! Well we live and learn - obviously this has been a bigger problem in paeds than in adults and we are only now starting to see a connection. Some of the problem is that MODS is so common in adults that there may have been some deaths that have been attributed to other factors.
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