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Propofol overdose
Propofol is an injectable anesthetic medicine used to initiate anesthesia for surgery or other purposes such as intubation, deep sedation etc. Overdose may lead to cessation of respiration and cardio-vascular collapse and death. Michael jackson had such an event killing him.
Dr. Vikram Patel reviewed this
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What is the definition or description of: Propofol overdose?
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What is the treatment for propofol overdose?
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What happens when you overdose on propofol that actually kills you?
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What happens if the doctors overdoses you on propofol?
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Will hemoperfusion work to remove propofol from the blood during an overdose? (hypothetically)
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Can propofol be used for status epileptus?
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Propofol. What are the side effects?
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What is dosage of propofol for intubation ?
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Do people on propofol for sedation feel pain?
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How do you know a person is addicted to propofol?
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Can you tell me how fentanol citrate effect propofol?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Is Propofol safe for me even with Gilbert's disease?
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Are there other non nauseating anesthetics like propofol?
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A 66-year old female asked:
How long does propofol stay in your system after an endoscopy? Thank you?
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How does propofol help during a procedure? Does taking something like Valium work just as well?
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What type of sedeation is most commonly used for an endoscopy ? Sedeation with or without propofol?
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Is propofol dangerous?
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Could you really die of propofol?
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Does propofol really have antinausea properties?
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How much time should it take to completely wake up from long term use of diprivan or (propofol)?
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What to do if I do not want to be awake at all, I'm reading on propofol and it being safe, is this true?
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A 59-year old male asked:
Do Doctors use Propofol for Cystoscopy?
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Do doctors use propofol for a colonoscopy?
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Does propofol cause less side effects in the elderly?
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What is the difference between propofol and etomidate?
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How much time does does a person sleep on 20 ml propofol?
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Could fentanol citrate increase the sleep time of propofol?
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Can propofol exposure cause changes in your menstrual cycles?
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Hi doctors, was just wondering what is acute propofol intoxication?
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