ideal properties
Last reviewed 01/2018
Ideal properties of intravenous anaesthetics include:
- water soluble
- stable in solution
- long shelf-life
- no pain on injection
- non-irritant
- no histamine release
- no sequelae
- non-emetic
Other factors to consider include:
- rapid onset and recovery
- analgesia
- tendency to complications
- respiratory and cardiovascular effects
- hypersensitivity
- post operative vomiting
- emergence delirium and hallucination