Total Intravenous Anesthetic Versus Inhaled Anesthetic

Dexmedetomidine as a total intravenous anesthetic agent.

DEXMEDETOMIDINE is a highly selective 2 adrenoceptor agonist that has sedative and analgesic properties with associated reduction in opioid and anesthetic requirements. One significant advantage of dexmedetomidine is that in the clinical dose range there is no respiratory depression. The agonistic action on the 2 adrenoceptors in the sympathetic ganglia modulates the release of catecholamines, ...

Dexmedetomidine as a total intravenous anesthetic in infants.

In this case report, we describe the use of dexmedetomidine as the sole anesthetic for four infants requiring general anesthesia for direct laryngoscopy and bronchoscopy with spontaneous ventilation. Surgical conditions were adequate and the hemodynamic and respiratory profiles of this technique are described.

Propanidid, an intravenous anesthetic agent.

Anesthetic Management of the Horse: Intravenous Anesthesia

Introduction For decades thiobarbiturates have been used to induce and maintain short term (15 30 minutes) general anesthesia in equids. Thiamylal is no longer commercially available, at least in the United States, but use of thiopental remains widespread. In earlier years these ultrashort acting barbiturates were the agents of choice to induce short term recumbency in tranquilized horses. Late...

Economic considerations in the use of inhaled anesthetic agents.

PURPOSE To describe the components of and factors contributing to the costs of inhaled anesthesia, basis for quantifying and comparing these costs, and practical strategies for performing pharmacoeconomic analyses and reducing the costs of inhaled anesthetic agents. SUMMARY Inhaled anesthesia can be costly, and some of the variable costs, including fresh gas flow rates and vaporizer settings,...