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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 22, 601-606, Copyright © 1975 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Althesin and Thiopentone: A Clinical Comparison

JIRI OBDRZALEK 1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, St. Michael's Hospital and University of Toronto

Althesin was compared with thiopentone in a double blind study of 200 patients undergoing gynaecological operations. Althesin in a dose of 0.05 ml/kg was found to be an excellent induction agent, virtually devoid of undesirable side effects; however, when used as the principal anaesthetic (supplemented only by 66 per cent nitrous oxide in oxygen), the incidence of disturbing movements was high. Recovery time from Althesin was one-third of that after thiopentone. The patients recovering from Althesin were remarkably clearheaded with a low incidence of "hangover".






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