They are also at risk if they need surgery or induction of anaesthesia for any other reason.

Hence, fentanyl is mainly used for induction of anaesthesia alongside a hypnotic agent like propofol.

Beck believed that electricity could equally benefit the surgery patient whose heart fibrillated during surgery or induction of anaesthesia.

This meant induction of anaesthesia by inhalation of cyclopropane and oxygen was rapid and not unpleasant.

This has the advantage of avoiding the excitatory phase of anaesthesia (see above), and thus reduces complications related to induction of anaesthesia.

Ro48-6791 was developed as an alternative to the short-acting imidazobenzodiazepine midazolam, for use in induction of anaesthesia and conscious sedation for minor invasive procedures.

For this reason, as well as its high cost and its explosive nature, it was latterly used only for the induction of anaesthesia, before being largely phased out.

Pre-hospital RSI assistant: teaching nurses, doctors and paramedics the knowledge and skills necessary to assist with the conduct of a pre-hospital rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia.

After the induction of anaesthesia (urethane: 1.25 g/kg given intraperitoneally), ligation of the pylorus was performed, and a cannula inserted into the stomach to divert gastric secretion.

After the induction of anaesthesia with sodium pentobarbital (50 mg/kg), a cerebroventricular guide was placed on the superior aspect of the skull to allow injection into the lateral ventricle as previously described.

The haemodynamic response of the right ventricle to the postural change was quite different in the two groups of patients, however, according to the basal right ventricular function recorded before the induction of anaesthesia.

Many of the doctors from acute specialities will have undertaken specific in-house training and assessment in how to undertake pre-hospital rapid sequence induction of anaesthesia, as part of the management of the severely injured patient.

After induction of anaesthesia tracheal intubation proved difficult owing to an anteriorly placed larynx (Mallampati grade II-III) and the patient's great size (he was 201 cm tall and weighed 118 kg).

Midazolam, a benzodiazepine characterized by a rapid onset and short duration relative to other benzodiazepines, is effective in reducing preoperative anxiety, including separation anxiety associated with separation of children from their parents and induction of anaesthesia.

In our cardiosurgical center vancomycin is administered pro-phylactically before induction of anaesthesia in all patients undergoing open-heart surgery, and in some such patients we have observed the occurrence of pruritus, localized or generalized, during infusion of the antibiotic.

The checklist essentially identifies three distinct phases of an operation, each corresponding to a specific period in the normal flow of work: Before the induction of anaesthesia, before the incision of the skin, and before the patient leaves the operating facility.