Why the study?
Does a combination of small doses of intravenous ketamine and thiopentone provide satisfactory operating conditions and cardiovascular stability compared to ketamine alone in patients undergoing short surgical procedures?
Does a combination of small doses of intravenous ketamine and thiopentone provide satisfactory operating conditions and cardiovascular stability compared to ketamine alone in patients undergoing short surgical procedures?
A combination of small doses of intravenous ketamine and thiopentone provides a cost-effective, stable, and safe general anesthesia technique for short surgical procedures.
May offer lower-cost anesthesia for short procedures; leaves open randomized confirmation of equivalence to ketamine alone.
A technique of general anaesthesia using small doses of intravenous ketamine and thiopentone is described. The method provides satisfactory operating conditions combined with cardiovascular stability and an apparently safe airway at little more than half the cost of a comparable technique using ketamine alone.
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