[General anesthesia in patients with spontaneous respiration].

Experimental studies performed on 97 alert rats and clinical studies in 930 cancer patients after extracavity surgery have demonstrated the advantage of the elaborated technique of total intravenous anesthesia of patients on spontaneous respiration with microdoses of diazepam, fentanyl, calypsol and droperidol over the current variants of inhalation and intravenous anesthesia with preserved spontaneous respiration. The technique elaborated is characterized by technical simplicity, efficacy, prompt postanesthetic rehabilitation of patients, safety for the personnel and economic benefits. The technique might be useful in mass injuries due to its minimum effect on the basic body functions and possibility of air breathing, with no special devices required.