Open AccessEFFICACY AND SAFETY OF PROPOFOL AS COMPARE TO OTHER ANESTHETICS : A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
Author(s) -
Mohammed Alshamoosi
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i3.1810
Subject(s) - propofol , medicine , anesthesia , anesthetic , postoperative nausea and vomiting , meta analysis , vomiting , nausea , colonoscopy , anesthetic agent , surgery , colorectal cancer , cancer
Propofol is used in most of surgical, endoscopic and colonoscopy procedures which commonly requires general anesthesia, and propofol is one of the most widely used intravenous anesthetics. Propofol is known to have many advantages over other anesthetic agents, including rapid induction of anesthesia, early recovery, and fewer complications such as postoperative nausea and vomiting.1