Intravenous agents are used for the induction and less often the maintenance of anaesthesia. Examples include propofol and thiopentone sodium and more rarely, methohexitone sodium and ketamine.
They are all potent drugs producting anaesthesia in one arm-brain circulation time.
Intravenous anaesthesia is used in:
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