Use of a Modified Propofol Emulsion in Adults

Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female adults, age ≥ 18 years and ≤ 80 years * Anesthetic risk classified as ASA I-III * Patients undergoing elective surgery under general anesthesia * Signed informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Simultaneous participation in another trial * Known or suspected drug abuse * Known hypersensitivity to Propofol, other ingredients of the emulsion, or to any other necessary co-medication * Not allowed concomitant medication (psychopharmacologic agents, tranquilizers, or centrally active analgesics) * Patients taking lipid lowering drugs * History of decompensated renal failure * History of severe hepatic dysfunction, hepatic cirrhosis * Angiographically confirmed CHD (coronary heart disease) or cerebral ischemia * History of convulsive disorders * Decompensated cardiac insufficiency * Hypovolemia * Increased intracranial pressure * Pregnancy (positive ß-HCG test) and lactation * Emergency situation * Patient who receives parenteral fat emulsion, e.g. intralipid * Patients incapable of giving consent personally * Venous access for induction of anesthesia not possible at dorsum of the hand or not dorsal