Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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To review the current status and possible future of neuroleptanalgesia/anesthesia, techniques that may be nearly extinct. ⋯ The advantages of newer anesthetic agents have redefined the clinical indications for neuroleptanesthesia. In routine modern anesthesia, anxiolysis, sedation, and/or analgesia is better provided, with quicker recovery, by the new pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic characteristics of recent medications than by the neuroleptic component of neuroleptanesthesia.