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Abstract
Gases or volatile liquids that vary in the rate at which they induce anesthesia; potency; the degree of circulation, respiratory, or neuromuscular depression they produce; and analgesic effects. Inhalation anesthetics have advantages over intravenous agents in that the depth of anesthesia can be changed rapidly by altering the inhaled concentration. Because of their rapid elimination, any postoperative respiratory depression is of relatively short duration. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p173)
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Anesthetics, Inhalation
- Inhalation Anesthetic
- Anesthetic, Inhalation
- Anesthetic Gases
- Gases, Anesthetic
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22 allowable subheadings
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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Indexing Annotation
see note at ANESTHETICS
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95
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Previous Indexing
- Anesthetics (1966-1994)
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QV 81
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Inhalation Anesthetics. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018685. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018685
- Inhalation Anesthetics. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inhalational_anesthetic
- Inhalation Anesthetics. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q909194