Patients and practitioners expect that their endoscopy procedures will go smoothly and
according to plan. There are several reasons why they may be disappointed. The procedure may …

Organizational and community resilience are interrelated and interdependent. As a result,
organizational resilience is a critical component of communities’ ability to plan for, respond to, …

Resilient organizations contribute significantly to resilient communities. However, the task of
building more resilient organizations is complicated by an inability to translate the concept …

BACKGROUND Sedation may be defined as a drug-induced depression in the level of
consciousness. The purpose of sedation and analgesia is to relieve patient anxiety and discomfort…

Learning objects offer increased ability to share learning resources so that system-wide
production costs can be reduced. But how can users select from a set of similar learning objects …

This document is an update of guidelines for sedation and anesthesia in endoscopy
prepared by the Standards of Practice Committee of the American Society for Gastrointestinal …

Background & Aims: Propofol is increasingly used for gastrointestinal endoscopy because
of its rapid recovery profile. There has been no prospective, randomized comparison of …

Background Evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures typically involves collection and
analysis of tissue or cells. Brush cytology and intraductal biopsies that are routinely performed …

… VARGO* … * Partner, Pardieck, Gill & Vargo, Indianapolis, Indiana; Adjunct Professor of
Law, Bond University School of Law, Queensland, Australia. JD Indiana University School …

The origin and amount of perfluorooctane surfactants in wastewater treatment systems, and
the transformation these compounds may undergo during treatment, were evaluated through …