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General anaesthesia: Which Medications Are Safest? (211 Drugs Compared)

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211 medications are used for General anaesthesia, with 4,047 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for General anaesthesia are PROPOFOL and SEVOFLURANE.

4,047
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All Medications for General anaesthesia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
PROPOFOL Propofol 2,292 1,970 6,577 12.3%
SEVOFLURANE Sojourn 854 272 1,413 6.3%
ROCURONIUM ROCURONIUM BROMIDE 836 424 1,982 6.5%
SUFENTANIL Sufentanil Citrate 777 382 1,651 8.8%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 763 42,491 15,153 45.0%
KETAMINE KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 711 1,009 3,362 12.6%
REMIFENTANIL Remifentanil Hydrochloride 516 210 995 7.7%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 403 1,738 5,570 7.6%
ATRACURIUM Atracurium Besylate 392 174 616 9.6%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 331 1,808 4,691 16.2%
SUCCINYLCHOLINE Succinylcholine Chloride 256 216 714 9.2%
DEXAMETHASONE Dexamethasone Sodium Phosphate 227 22,319 51,311 17.8%
CISATRACURIUM cisatracurium besylate 224 224 610 13.0%
NITROUS Nitrous Oxide 111 129 440 12.3%
DESFLURANE Suprane 107 32 226 5.0%
ETOMIDATE ETOMIDATE injection, solution 100 80 240 10.9%
DEXMEDETOMIDINE Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride in 0.9% Sodium Chloride 82 235 1,258 7.2%
BUPIVACAINE Bupivacaine Hydrochloride 71 466 2,367 4.1%
ROPIVACAINE Ropivacaine Hydrochloride 70 150 921 5.1%
DROPERIDOL Droperidol 63 54 390 5.8%

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