The effect of Innovar versus droperidol or fentanyl on the duration of action of succinylcholine.

A consideration of prolonged succinylcholine paralysis with Innovar: is the cause droperidol or fentanyl?

Effects of fentanyl, droperidol, and innovar on canine cerebral metabolism and blood flow.

The effects of droperidol and fentanyl given individually and in combination (Innovar) on the rate of cerebral oxygen consumption (CMRo,) and cerebral blood flow (c.b.f.) were studied in dogs anaesthetized with nitrous oxide (70 per cent) and oxygen. Fentanyl (0.006 mg/kg) decreased both the CMRo, and the c.b.f. (mean decreases at 15 minutes were 18 per cent and 47 per cent, respectively). The ...

Effect of Innovar, fentanyl and droperidol on the cerebrospinal fluid pressure in neurosurgical patients.

FENTANYL ANn DROPFRIDOL, adrainistered either separately or combined in a fixed ratio of 1:50 as "Innovar," have been recommended as adjuncts to local anaesthesia for a wide variety of procedures. 1~ These have included diagnostic procedures, such as cerebral angiography a.~ on neurosurgieal patients, despite the well documented respiratory depression 6,7 associated with "Innovar" and fentanil....

Innovar as an adjunct to nitrous oxide, oxygen, curare anaesthesia.

WrTH THE INCREASING concern many anaesthetists are feeling toward the rather routine use of halogenated hydrocarbons, we felt it worthwhile to develop a simple technique to avoid these agents in major surgical procedures. The well recognized use of nitrous oxide (N20) plus oxygen (O2), muscle relaxants and hyperventilation provides adequate operating conditions for certain procedures, i.e. ches...

Sedation with etomidate-fentanyl versus propofol-fentanyl in colonoscopies: A prospective randomized study

Abstract Background: The combination of propofol-fentanyl for sedation during colonoscopy is characterized by the frequent incidence of side effects. Etomidate-fentanyl provides fewer hemodynamic and respiratory complications. The aim of our study was to compare the safety and efficacy of propofol-fentanyl and etomidate-fentanyl for conscious sedation in elective colonoscopy. Methods: This do...