Intravenous anaesthesia by infusion. A technique using alphaxolone/alphadolone (althesin).
Two hundred and seventy-three patients were anaesthetised using aphaxolone/alphadolone as a sole anaesthetic agent, administered in either a 10% solution or in increments of neat drug. Analgesics were given where necessary. This technique was instituted to provide a method of anaesthesia that avoided pollution of the atmosphere, with its possible harmful effects. As experience was gained, better results were obtained. Overall, 86% of the anaesthetics administered were without problems, 12% presented some difficulty, usually minor movement of the patient, and in 2% this technique was abandoned.
D000328:Adult; D000530:Alfaxalone Alfadolone Mixture; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008614:Meperidine; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D010100:Oxygen; D011277:Pregnanediones; D011292:Premedication; D013997:Time Factors
D009125:Muscle Relaxants, Central; D011277:Pregnanediones; D000530:Alfaxalone Alfadolone Mixture; D008614:Meperidine; D010100:Oxygen