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Total intravenous anaesthesia for neurosurgery and neuroradiology
Author(s) -
DALLAS STUART H.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1980.tb03823.x
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroradiology , neurosurgery , anesthesia , interventional neuroradiology , neurology , surgery , psychiatry
Summary A method of total intravenous anaesthesia for neurosurgery and neuroradiology is described using a continuous infusion of alphaxalone/alphadolone (Althesin) with analgesics and muscle relaxants. It has been used successfully on 272 occasions in 243 patients. The reasons for using such a technique and the advantages and disadvantages inherent in it are discussed.