[CT 1341 as a hypnotic in continuous peridural anesthesia of the high-risk urologic patient]

Experience with althesin as the covering anaesthetic in the continuous peridural management of high-risk urological patients is reported. It was found that althesin fully lived up to expectations, since patients went to sleep without difficulty and awoke peacefully, as though from natural sleep. The drug did not interfere with the peridural procedure in any way. Use of the technique, it is felt, should be encouraged, since it is advantageous both to the patient and the anaesthetist, to whom a liquid anaesthetic offers the only chance of getting away from the damage caused by volatile types.