Guilty, or not guilty?: a short story of propofol abuse
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Guilty, or not guilty?: a short story of propofol abuse
provided the original work is properly cited. CC A 50-year-old man awoke suddenly at 4:30 a.m., stood on his bed, and cried out, “I told you I could not sleep all night!” Thereafter, he tried to find an anesthesiologist to infuse him with the surgical anesthetic propofol because he was convinced it was the only cure for his insomnia. Finally, he died, 65 days later, from an overdose of propofol...
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عنوان ژورنال: Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2005-6419,2005-7563
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2013.65.5.377