In a September comment (2021;47[9]:31,32) to my July 2021 correspondence in Anesthesiology News, titled “A Further Comment on Catastrophic Sedation Errors: The Role of Hypoxia” (2021;47[7]:6), I believe that Dr. Alon Frank unfortunately misunderstood, and therefore misstated, my central premise. I therefore feel it is important to clarify and correct the record.
I never stated or implied in my correspondence that “the goal of sedation for upper