[Althesin and ketamine in balanced anesthesia for general surgical interventions: a clinical contribution]

As part of a study on i.v. drugs that have recently entered clinical practice, the association of a hypnotic, althesin and an analgesic, ketamine is reproposed. To boost the respective pharmacological actions, the low doses employed revealed none of the negative effects attributable to the drugs taken singly, while anaesthesiological treatment was quite satisfactory.