Sedationists: Barbarians at the Gate?

Ian H Black^{1

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Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont.
² Medical Corps, United States Army, Washington, DC.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁴ Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁷ Departments of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.
⁸ Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.

Ian H Black et al. Anesth Analg. 2025.

. 2025 Jun 1;140(6):1347-1352.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007200. Epub 2024 Oct 30.

Ian H Black^{1

2}, D Matthew Sherrer³, Wayne G Borchardt⁴, Mitchell H Tsai^{5

6

7

8}

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Vermont Medical Center, Burlington, Vermont.
² Medical Corps, United States Army, Washington, DC.
³ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁴ Nova School of Business and Economics, Carcavelos, Portugal.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama.
⁶ Department of Anesthesiology, University of Colorado, Anschutz School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado.
⁷ Departments of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation.
⁸ Surgery, University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont.

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