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 (Diprivan) is perhaps the most well known intravenous hypnotic used in perioperative and intensive care medicine. This “milk of amnesia” is prepared in…

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 (Ketalar) is my FAVORITE medication in perioperative and critical care medicine! It’s a unique dissociative amnestic, an almost complete anesthetic in itself, has tremendous…