Potential problems to watch for:

  1. infiltrated IV

  2. painful injection

  3. delayed IV tube/arm vein clearance

  4. apnea

  5. dysfunctional breathing

  6. unprotected airway

  7. "T. Rex" cough, sneeze

  8. opisthotonus; rigidity

  9. hypotension

  10. arrhythmia

  11. PONV

  12. post-colonoscopy bloating

  13. sepsis

Caveat:  the Surrogate Dictum - a hypoventilating or apneic patient has hypotension until proven otherwise.

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