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LOUIS W. STATTI, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1941;25(3):487-490.

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Over a period of twenty-four months, anesthesia induced by pentothal sodium administered intravenously has been used with favorable results in 100 consecutive cases in which all types of ophthalmic surgical procedures were carried out on patients whose general physical conditions and ages varied widely.

All intravenously administered anesthetics were given under the direct supervision of Dr. George J. Thomas, director of the department of anesthesia of St. Francis Hospital, Pittsburgh. In this general hospital, which admits patients requiring all types of surgical procedures, this kind of anesthetic was administered in over 6,000 cases.

PREOPERATIVE MEDICATION

Good premedication is absolutely necessary for smooth pentothal sodium anesthesia. Morphine sulfate and atropine sulfate are given thirty to forty-five minutes before operation. A 0.5 per cent solution of pontocaine hydrochloride is instilled into the eye in about three doses at five minute intervals just before operation. My associates and I have found that the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PITTSBURGH

From the Department of Ophthalmology, St. Francis Hospital.

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