Opioids markedly decrease the potential for respiratory irritation from inhaled anesthetic agents. In a randomized study of 180 adults receiving inhaled desflurane for induction of anesthesia ...

Adult patients often prefer that anesthesia be induced by i.v. injection because induction occurs more quickly and smoothly and is associated with less claustrophobia. In 40 patients undergoing ...

Before anesthetizing an animal, the clinician should carry out a pre-anesthetic physical exam that includes the measurement of vital signs. Induction of anesthesia may be achieved with inhalant or ...

Physicians are being asked or told to work outside their scope of practice as a cost-cutting measure for hospitals.

Instead of a separate syringe for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia, the researchers were able to show that the use ...

Ciprofol was superior to propofol in inducing anesthesia for colonoscopy as it resulted in lower injection pain and blood pressure reduction.

Induction and maintenance of general anesthesia- Adult: Induction- 0.4% v/v in air, O2 or nitrous oxide-oxygen mixtures, increase by increments of 0.5% v/v every few breaths to a max of 4.5%.