Commonly Used Induction and Maintenance Drug for Children Treated Under General Anesthesia - A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Introduction: General anesthesia is used to produce amnesia and analgesia with or without muscle paralysis. Pediatric General anesthesia is given for children to perform complicated procedures. The most commonly used inducing agent is propofol which is used for its high performance and among the maintaining drugs is sevoflurane which has high blood and tissue solubility. Aim: To find out the commonly used inducing and maintaining drug for children treated under General anesthesia. Materials and Methods: Saveetha Dental College provided data, which was then transferred to an excel file. The spss software was used for statistical analysis. Results: On the data collected it was observed that use of propofol is the most common drug among inducing agents and the most commonly used maintenance drug is sevoflurane for maintaining General anesthesia. Conclusion: According to the findings, propofol is the most regularly used inducing drug, whereas sevoflurane is the most commonly used maintenance drug.