Comparison of methohexitone and etomidate for general anaesthesia in unpremedicated outpatients
Linton, D.M.; Butt, A.D.
South African Medical Journal 63(20): 766-768
1983
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 6845096 Document Number: 210553
This study compares methohexitone (Brietal; Eli Lilly) and etomidate (Hypnomidate; Janssen) as hypnotic agents for the induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia in outpatients given fentanyl and nitrous oxide for analgesia but no premedication. While both agents provided suitable anaesthesia with a minimal incidence of side-effects, 66% of the patients who received methohexitone were noticeably drowsy 2 hours after the operation, whereas all but 3% of the patients who received etomidate were wide awake.