Tag: hypnotic
Halogenated Volatiles
Halogenated volatile anesthetics (“anesthesia gases”) serve as the backbone for maintaining most of the general anesthetics I perform. Although their mechanism is not completely...
Propofol
Propofol (Diprivan) is perhaps the most well known intravenous hypnotic used in perioperative and intensive care medicine. This "milk of amnesia" is prepared in...
Etomidate
Etomidate (Amidate) is an intravenous hypnotic agent most commonly used as an induction agent for general anesthesia. Similar to propofol, it works by potentiating...
Ketamine
Ketamine (Ketalar) is my FAVORITE medication in perioperative and critical care medicine! It's a unique dissociative amnestic, an almost complete anesthetic in itself,...
