DESIRABILITY OF USING PROPOFOL AS A NARCO TIC AND AS A SHORT-TERM HYPNOTIC IN CHILDREN YOUNGER THAN 3 YEARS

Since its introduction in clinical use more than ten years ago, propof ol is well appreciated for sedation and supplemental hypnosis in anaes thesia. However the substance is approved only for anaesthesia in chil dren elder than three years. As can be substantiated by many data repo rted in literature, there are no pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic re asons whatsoever to withhold propofol from the younger children; this applies both to the use as a narcotic supplement and as a short term h ypnotic for diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.