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Maintenance of anaesthesia: Which Medications Are Safest? (65 Drugs Compared)

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65 medications are used for Maintenance of anaesthesia, with 1,854 combined adverse event reports. The most reported drugs for Maintenance of anaesthesia are SEVOFLURANE and REMIFENTANIL.

1,854
Total Reports
65
Drugs Used

All Medications for Maintenance of anaesthesia Ranked by Safety Reports

Drug Brand Reports Deaths (all) Hosp. (all) Death Rate
SEVOFLURANE Sojourn 1,006 272 1,413 6.3%
REMIFENTANIL Remifentanil Hydrochloride 395 210 995 7.7%
PROPOFOL Propofol 247 1,970 6,577 12.3%
ISOFLURANE Isoflurane 215 131 228 15.8%
DESFLURANE Suprane 213 32 226 5.0%
FENTANYL FENTANYL 166 42,491 15,153 45.0%
NITROUS Nitrous Oxide 67 129 440 12.3%
DEXMEDETOMIDINE Dexmedetomidine Hydrochloride in 0.9% Sodium Chloride 66 235 1,258 7.2%
ROCURONIUM ROCURONIUM BROMIDE 65 424 1,982 6.5%
ATRACURIUM Atracurium Besylate 53 174 616 9.6%
OXYGEN Oxygen 34 307 762 16.5%
KETAMINE KETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE 31 1,009 3,362 12.6%
SUFENTANIL Sufentanil Citrate 23 382 1,651 8.8%
MIDAZOLAM Midazolam 22 1,808 4,691 16.2%
NITROUS\OXYGEN - 22 2 37 2.0%
HYDROMORPHONE Hydromorphone Hydrochloride 18 28,491 10,395 34.1%
CISATRACURIUM cisatracurium besylate 17 224 610 13.0%
LIDOCAINE Burn Relief 17 1,738 5,570 7.6%
VECURONIUM Vecuronium Bromide 12 57 176 9.1%
HALOTHANE - 10 25 9 40.3%

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