Total intravenous anaesthesia with etomidate-fentanyl.

Total Intravenous Anaesthesia (tiva) and Partial Intravenous Anaesthesia (piva)

Vecuronium induced bradycardia following induction of anaesthesia with etomidate or thiopentone, with or without fentanyl.

To define the role of vecuronium in the occurrence of bradyarrhythmia, haemodynamic changes after the induction of anaesthesia were studied in 96 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. Patients were assigned to one of six groups according to different combinations of induction agents (etomidate 0.3 mg kg-1 or thiopentone 3 mg kg-1, with fentanyl 0.003 mg kg-1; etomidate 0.4-0.5 mg...

Total intravenous anaesthesia in children

The use of total intravenous anaesthesia (TIVA) in children has become a popular technique for the induction and maintenance of anaesthesia following the introduction of newer short-acting drugs and more elaborate delivery systems. Advances in microprocessor technology and increased complexity of pharmacokinetic modelling have further refined TIVA to target controlled infusions (TCI). TCI deliv...

Total i.v. anaesthesia with propofol-alfentanil or propofol-fentanyl.

In combination with propofol, alfentanil was compared with fentanyl for total i.v. anaesthesia in 29 women (ASA classes I, II) admitted for elective hysterectomy. Infusion rates of propofol and fentanyl were determined from the literature and from pilot studies, while alfentanil was given according to a computer program. Dosage was: propofol, bolus 1.5 mg kg-1, infusion 9 mg kg-1 h-1 for 10 min...

Anaesthesia for cardioversion: a prospective randomised comparison of propofol and etomidate combined with fentanyl.

INTRODUCTION External electrical cardioversion is mostly performed solely under sedatives or hypnotics, although the procedure is painful. The aim of this prospective randomised study was to compare two anaesthetic protocols that included analgesia. METHODS Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation were randomised to receive intravenously either fentanyl 50 μg and propofol 0.5 mg/kg (group...