In conjunction with ketamine it may also be used for intravenous anaesthesia of short duration.

He was a principal researcher of the human and veterinary anaesthetic ketamine and assisted in the development of intravenous anaesthesia.

Remifentanil can be administered as part of an anaesthesia technique called TIVA (Total Intravenous Anaesthesia) using computer controlled infusion pumps in a process called target controlled infusion or TCI.