Strategies to optimise propofol-opioid anaesthesia
by
Lichtenbelt BJ, Mertens M, Vuyk J.
Department of Anaesthesiology,
Leiden University Medical Center,
Leiden, The Netherlands.
Clin Pharmacokinet. 2004;43(9):577-93

ABSTRACT

Propofol-opioid combinations are widely used in today's anaesthetic practice. Over the past 20-30 years the pharmacology of these agents has been described in increasingly greater detail. Together with novel intravenous administration devices and improved anaesthetic depth monitoring, this has created a basis for the optimisation of the administration of propofol-opioid anaesthesia. This article describes the current strategies regarding the application of this type of anaesthesia, focusing on three strategic tools: (i) application of pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic knowledge of propofol and the opioids, with particular attention to pharmacodynamic interactions between them; (ii) the use of state-of-the-art administration techniques; and (iii) the application of bispectral index monitoring. Together, these techniques have improved the level of control, the flexibility and the safety of anaesthetic practice.

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