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)

Annotation

see note at ANESTHETICS

viz poznámku u deskriptoru ANESTETIKA

DUI

D018685 MeSH Browser

CUI

M0027998

Previous indexing

Anesthetics (1966-1994)

History note

95

Public note

95