[Use of Diprivan in ENT and stomatology]

Irrespective of the type of surgery, patient monitoring, including ECG-automated non-invasive blood pressure measurements, SpO2, FIO2 and capnography, is compulsory. Sedation: no initial bolus injection of propofol; continuous infusion of propofol at a rate of 1 to 4 mg.kg-1.h-1, using a syringe pump, combined with a short-acting opioid such as alfentanil. General anaesthesia: initial bolus injection of propofol between 2 and 3.5 mg.kg-1, combined with 10 mg of lidocaine in the same syringe; maintenance with a syringe pump: 6 to 9 mg.kg-1.h-1 combined with an opioid, with or without coadministration of muscle relaxants. Intubation avoiding respiratory depression: syringe pump with a fast infusion rate (50 to 100 mg.min-1), which allows induction with propofol and intubation without co-administration of muscle relaxants.