Chemicals and Drugs

General Anesthetics

Agents that induce various degrees of analgesia; depression of consciousness, circulation, and respiration; relaxation of skeletal muscle; reduction of reflex activity; and amnesia. There are two types of general anesthetics, inhalation and intravenous. With either type, the arterial concentration of drug required to induce anesthesia varies with the condition of the patient, the desired depth of anesthesia, and the concomitant use of other drugs. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p.173)

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Agents that induce various degrees of analgesia; depression of consciousness, circulation, and respiration; relaxation of skeletal muscle; reduction of reflex activity; and amnesia. There are two types of general anesthetics, inhalation and intravenous. With either type, the arterial concentration of drug required to induce anesthesia varies with the condition of the patient, the desired depth of anesthesia, and the concomitant use of other drugs. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p.173)

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  • Anesthetics, General
  • General Anesthetic
  • Anesthetic, General

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.

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see note at ANESTHETICS

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  • Anesthetics (1966-1994)

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  1. D27.505.696.277w.100w.035w
  2. D27.505.954.427.210w.100w.035w

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  1. National Library of Medicine. General Anesthetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018681
  2. General Anesthetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_anaesthetic
  3. General Anesthetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2755101