All true about sodium Thiopentone except:-: (A) It is ultrasho acting barbiturate, (B) It is cerebroprotective, (C) It is induction agent of choice in neurosurgery, (D) It is contraindicated in acute intermittent porphyria
Answer is C. Thiopentone is cerebroprotective but not agent of choice for neurosurgery. It is obsolete drug in anaesthesia and at most of the centres it has been replaced by Propofol. Two Non Anaesthetic use 1. Narcoanalysis 2. neuroprotection