Guest guest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 I want to add a piece of information here based on my own experience with propofol. We did check with Dr Cohen on this prior to my surgery and checking with a mito specialist on this is an absolute must. Dr Cohen advised that for a short surgery (under 3 hours) propofol could be used. I've had two CI surgeries which were both under 3 hours and both times, we did use the propofol. These two surgeries were the easiest on my body of any I can ever remember. I woke up in recovery so much easier and was able to get up and around far sooner than any other time. We do have Malignent Hypothermia in our family and anesthesia issues. I have experienced some of them myself and remember the horror of nurses standing over me screaming at me (when I could hear) to breathe - You have to breathe Mrs . That did not happen with the last two surgeries using propofol. I actually have to say that I prefer this in a short surgery. I'm not trying to confuse things here - just felt that my experience with propofol was worth mentioning. I know I have one grandson who cannot tolerate it at all. I also have one granddaughter who reacted to it the same way I do and her brother is the one with the diagnosed MH. Alice When I had my surgery a year ago and met with two differentanesthesiologists, I was told that propofol was used because people didn'tget melignant hypothermia. Laurie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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