Psychological effect of detailed preanesthetic information.

Eighty-one patients admitted for minor surgery were followed with questionnaires and self-rating scales in the pre- and post-anesthetic period to evaluate the effect of giving either routine or detailed information. The patients were randomly allocated to two groups and received either routinely given information by the anesthetist for about 5 min or more detailed information for at least 20 min. The patients' experience of the effect of the preanesthetic visit was tranquillizing and adequate in both groups.

Thiopentone-nitrous oxide-halothane anaesthesia and suxamethonium: pretreatment with pancuronium and gallamine.

Eighty healthy adult patients randomly allocated to four groups received pancuronium 0.01, 0.015, 0.