The major advantage of using propofol for short-term sedation is that it
a. has fewer side effects.
b. is slow to cross the blood-brain barrier.
c. has a shorter half-life and rapid elimination rate.
d. is an excellent amnesiac.
C
Propofol is an effective short-term anesthetic agent, useful for rapid "wake-up" of patients for assessment; if continuous infusion is used for many days, emergence from sedation can take hours or days; sedative effect depends on the dose administered, depth of sedation, and length of time sedated.
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