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Comparative evaluation of propofol 350 and 200 mg for induction of anaesthesia in morbidly obese patients: a randomized double-blind pilot study

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22

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2010

Year

Simone van Kralingen, Jeroen Diepstraten, E.M.W. van de Garde, Ary-Jan van der Lely, Eric PA van Dongen, Bert van Ramshorst, Catherijne A. J. Knibbe
European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Abstract

Although propofol 200 mg proved to be an inadequate induction dose for morbidly obese patients, the 350 mg induction dose deserves further study, provided the maintenance dose is not started within 5 min, thereby preventing temporary cardiovascular instability.