I'm a Recovery Room nurse (PACU). We recover alot of colnoscopies and EGD's, and I've never heard of any of them getting Diprivan. They always get Demerol, versed or Valium.
A Diprivan drip is only used on pt's that are on ventilators, and the pt is constantly hooked up to a machine that measures their blood pressure, heart rate, and O2 sat. It is titrated (the dosage changed, based on the pt's needs) according to how hard they are fighting the ventilator. NEVER is it used without constant monitoring.

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