What's the point of intraoperative narcotics?
Lets take 1 case and provide the anesthetic 2 different ways.
Case: 45 year old elective lap colectomy, healthy with no cardiac history.
Anesthetic option #1:
Induction: prop only + paralytic.
Maintenance: Volatiles at a MAC titrated up to 1.5 with neo drip or PRN squirts.
Emergence: Drive off gas, give 100 mcg fentanyl at closure, reverse, extubate.
Anesthetic option#2
Induction: 150 mcg fentanyl, prop, paralytic.
Maintenance: Volatile at MAC 1, 50 mcg fentanyl every 30 minutes for...
What's the point of intraoperative narcotics?
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