Use of propofol for ambulatory surgery results in less post-operative nausea and vomiting, though no difference in post-discharge nausea and vomiting, and with greater cost compared with volatiles.
Spinal anesthesia for neonatal hernia repair reduces the incidence of early post-operative apnea but has no effect on later apnea (30 min to 12 hours).
This retrospective audit could find no difference in either cancer recurrence or median survival between patients receiving an epidural versus those who did not for analgesic management of total or partial gastrectomy.
Alphaxalone may be solubilized in a sulfobutyl-cyclodextrin with potency comparable to both propofol and the historical Cremophor EL preparation, but with a better safety margin than either.