Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 154-159, April 2008

Intravenous anaesthetic agents

Jaideep J Pandit, FRCA, is Consultant Anaesthetist at the John Radcliffe, Oxford. He qualified from the University of Oxford and took a doctorate at Oxford in respiratory physiology. His research interests include ventilatory control physiology, clinical studies in airway management, anaesthesia for carotid artery surgery, and also health services research (theatre efficiency)

Abstract 

This article summarizes the properties of the drugs frequently used for intravenous induction of anaesthesia. The mechanism of general anaesthesia is still largely unknown, and so the physicochemical properties, metabolism and side effects of these drugs are more relevant to their use than the way that they cause unconsciousness. This article also highlights some historical aspects of anaesthesia and new developments in drug administration.

Keywords: barbiturates, benzodiazepines, ketamine, target-controlled anaesthesia

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PII: S1472-0299(07)00192-0

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2007.08.007

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 154-159, April 2008

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