31.   He said doctors were in a bind because managed-care companies were urging them to do more procedures outside hospitals, to keep costs down.

32.   He was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat last year and had a radio-ablation procedure done in November to correct it.

33.   His heart stopped beating, but doctors shocked him back to life and later did a procedure to reopen the blocked artery.

34.   I tried to do a procedure on him and identified myself to his wife as a student.

35.   I just wanted the privilege of a clean clinic to get the procedure done.

36.   If liposuction seemed appropriate then, he would do the procedure, at a big discount.

37.   Maddux said he had the procedure done for personal reasons, not in hopes that it would improve his pitching.

38.   Medlen is on a national registry list for a bone-marrow transplant, and said he hoped to have the procedure done some time in the fall.

39.   Nita even considers having the procedure done.

40.   Now, doctors can prescribe small doses of sedatives such as Midazolam, taken either orally or nasally, to calm the child before doing the procedure.