Currently, the most common indication for a Hartmann procedure is complicated diverticulitis (see the images below). Diverticula are small (0.5-1 cm in diameter) outpouchings of the colon that occur at the sites of vascular penetration between the single mesenteric taenia and one of the antimesenteric taeniae.
These 10 animal facts will amaze you. Propofol sedation is sedation for medical procedures accomplished with the use of propofol, a hypnotic agent used to induce anesthesia and manage patients on mechanical ventilators.ome facilities prefer to use an anesthesiologist or nurse-anesthetist for propofol sedation, as these care providers have special training in the administration of anesthesia and the potential complications.
Propofol is 98% plasma-protein bound, and is metabolized primarily in the liver. The drug is lipophilic and is prepared as an oil/water emulsion consisting of 1% propofol, 10% soybean oil, 2.25% glycerol, and 1.2% egg lecithin. Propofol is contraindicated in patients with hypersensitivity to eggs or soybean.ropofol is an FDA approved anesthetic agent used for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia and for sedation in ventilated patients [ 16 ]. It is classified as an ultrashort-acting hypnotic agent.