Fatal metabolic acidosis in a pediatric patient receiving an infusion of propofol in the intensive care unit

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From the Critical Care Service, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN. No funding support was provided for this study, although the authors have received funding from Zeneca Pharmaceuticals to study Diprivan Registered Trademark in a septic porcine model of acute lung injury. Address requests for reprints to: Robert A. Strickland, MD, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905.