CJA
HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Submit a scholarly reply
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me when eLetters are posted
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow reprints & permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by DUNN, G. L.
Right arrow Articles by RAJAGOPALAN, R.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow Articles by DUNN, G. L.
Right arrow Articles by RAJAGOPALAN, R.

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 25, 125-129, Copyright © 1978 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

A Comparative Assessment of Alfathesin for Use in Outpatient Anaesthesia

G. L. DUNN M.B., B.S., F.F.A.R.C.S., F.R.C.P.(C)1, P. J. HOULTON M.B., B.Ch., F.R.C.P.(C)1, D. H. MORISON M.D., F.R.C.P.(C)1, and R. RAJAGOPALAN 1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, McMaster University, 1200 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4J9

Alfathesin and thiopentone were compared in a double blind study where each drug was given by intravenous infusion supplemented with fentanyl and nitrous oxide, in 54 healthy female patients under-going therapeutic abortion. The two drugs were similar in terms of changes in cardiorespiratory variables, side effects, clinical efficacy, and patient acceptability. Alfathesin produced a significantly more rapid recovery from anaesthesia, without the high incidence of dreams found with thiopentone in this study. Alfathesin would seem to be the preferable drug for use in outpatients undergoing minor surgical operation.






HOME HELP FEEDBACK SUBSCRIPTIONS ARCHIVE SEARCH TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright © 1978 by the Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society.