Biomaterial Database

Etomidate vs Propofol in Older Surgical Patients. 2023

Fei Zhang

Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Hunnan Division of The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D005045	Etomidate	Imidazole derivative anesthetic and hypnotic with little effect on blood gases, ventilation, or the cardiovascular system. It has been proposed as an induction anesthetic.	Ethomidate,Hypnomidate,R-26490,Radenarkon,R 26490,R26490
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D015742	Propofol	An intravenous anesthetic agent which has the advantage of a very rapid onset after infusion or bolus injection plus a very short recovery period of a couple of minutes. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, 1st ed, p206). Propofol has been used as ANTICONVULSANTS and ANTIEMETICS.	Disoprofol,2,6-Bis(1-methylethyl)phenol,2,6-Diisopropylphenol,Aquafol,Diprivan,Disoprivan,Fresofol,ICI-35,868,ICI-35868,Ivofol,Propofol Abbott,Propofol Fresenius,Propofol MCT,Propofol Rovi,Propofol-Lipuro,Recofol,2,6 Diisopropylphenol,ICI 35,868,ICI 35868,ICI35,868,ICI35868
D018686	Anesthetics, Intravenous	Ultrashort-acting anesthetics that are used for induction. Loss of consciousness is rapid and induction is pleasant, but there is no muscle relaxation and reflexes frequently are not reduced adequately. Repeated administration results in accumulation and prolongs the recovery time. Since these agents have little if any analgesic activity, they are seldom used alone except in brief minor procedures. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p174)	Intravenous Anesthetic,Intravenous Anesthetics,Anesthetic, Intravenous