[Combination of propofol-ketamine-vecuronium for total intravenous anesthesia under hazardous conditions].
A total intravenous technique using propofol, ketamine and vecuronium was successfully used on 29 patients treated for elective surgery at the UNPROFOR French Medical Group (Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina). Operative conditions were satisfactory for the surgeons. Recovery was fast and emergence reactions very limited. No hypoxaemia was observed during the immediate postoperative period. The use of a propofol/ketamine/vecuronium combination is possible in field anaesthesia especially when opiates and inhalational agents are not available.
Escarment
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Service de Réanimation, Hôpital d'Instruction des Armées, Sainte-Anne, Toulon Naval.
Andreu
J M
JM
Hervé
R
R
Le Dantec
P
P
Cantais
E
E
Robert
P
P
Quinot
J F
JF
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D004338:Drug Combinations; D017558:Elective Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005602:France; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D007649:Ketamine; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008887:Military Medicine; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D015742:Propofol; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide
D000778:Anesthetics, Dissociative; D004338:Drug Combinations; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D007649:Ketamine; D014673:Vecuronium Bromide; D015742:Propofol