• e.g., desflurane) give the anesthesia provider greater rapidity in titrating the depth of anesthesia, and permit a more rapid emergence from the anesthetic state upon discontinuing their administration. (wikipedia.org)
  • These highlights do not include all the information needed to use DESFLURANE, LIQUID FOR INHALATION safely and effectively. (nih.gov)
  • See full prescribing information for DESFLURANE, LIQUID FOR INHALATION. (nih.gov)
  • for maintenance of anesthesia in pediatric patients following induction with agents other than Desflurane, USP, Liquid for Inhalation and intubation. (nih.gov)
  • Desflurane, USP, Liquid for Inhalation should be administered only by persons trained in the administration of general anesthesia. (nih.gov)
  • Desflurane, USP, Liquid for Inhalation should not be used as the sole agent for anesthetic induction in patients with coronary artery disease or where increases in heart rate or blood pressure are undesirable. (nih.gov)
  • Desflurane is a volatile, non-flammable and non-explosive agent extensively used in maintenance of general anesthesia. (gminsights.com)
  • Regional anesthesia: Loss of pain sensation, with varying degrees of muscle relaxation, in certain regions of the body. (wikidoc.org)
  • Local anesthesia is similar to regional anesthesia, but exerts its effect on a smaller area of the body. (wikidoc.org)
  • depending on a patient's clinical presentation, local or regional anesthesia may be more appropriate. (medscape.com)
  • Regional anesthesia involves the numbing of specific regions of the body. (mcqsadda.online)
  • There is always a possibility of catastrophic bronchospasm and other respiratory complications associated with anesthesia in patients with reactive airways. (isanagpur.org)
  • Although its physical properties imply that anaesthesia can be induced more rapidly than with halothane , [8] its pungency can irritate the respiratory system, negating any possible advantage conferred by its physical properties. (mdwiki.org)
  • Anesthesia caused by the breathing of anesthetic gases or vapors or by insufflating anesthetic gases or vapors into the respiratory tract. (lookformedical.com)
  • Moreover, compared to general anesthesia, it has a lower likelihood of precipitating postoperative respiratory events [ 5 ]. (anesth-pain-med.org)
  • What Are Waste Anesthesia Gases? (airwayjedi.com)
  • Waste Anesthesia Gases are the anesthetic gases and vapors that leak into the surrounding room from the patient's anesthetic breathing circuit during medical procedures. (airwayjedi.com)
  • When Wells, a Hartford dentist, as well as Morton's former teacher and partner, read this article and saw that Morton and Jackson were taking credit for the discovery that insensibility to pain could be achieved through the inhalation of gases, he wrote a rebuttal. (asahq.org)
  • Patients with a history of moderate to severe hepatic dysfunction following anesthesia with halogenated agents and not otherwise explained. (nih.gov)
  • 3. Roeters J, Burgersdijk R. The need for general anesthesia for the dental treatment of mentally handicapped patients: a follow-up study. (jocpd.com)
  • How did our specialty advance from prescribing patients two shots of whiskey to administering safe modern anesthesia? (theanesthesiaconsultant.com)
  • Anesthesiologist has to be selective regarding the choice of anesthesia technique and the use of drugs in these patients to avoid the provocation of bronchospasm and other airway related complications and if it occurs should recognize and manage appropriately. (isanagpur.org)
  • General anesthesia: "Drug-induced loss of consciousness during which patients are not arousable, even by painful stimulation. (wikidoc.org)
  • Patients undergoing general anesthesia often cannot maintain their own airway and breathe on their own. (wikidoc.org)
  • To optimise the therapeutic effects of these doses and minimise the damage to normal tissue with precision targeting, some patients such as children or those with anxiety issues or claustrophobia are immobilised ( 4 , 5 ) or put under the general anaesthesia. (sciendo.com)
  • Anesthesia ensures that patients remain comfortable, immobile, and free from pain or awareness while undergoing potentially painful or invasive procedures. (mcqsadda.online)
  • Patients undergoing inhalation induction progress through three stages: (a) awake, (b) excitement, and (c) surgical level of anesthesia. (your-doctor.net)
  • Because of its low potency, it cannot produce anesthesia on its own but is frequently combined with other agents. (wikipedia.org)
  • Nitrous oxide potency is too small to produce anesthesia by itself. (nih.gov)
  • The aim of this study was to compare the incidence of emergence agitation in children receiving either propofol or halothane anesthesia for a variety of surgical treatments using the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scale. (medscimonit.com)
  • In children, the administration of propofol maintenance anesthesia is associated with a significantly higher incidence of emergence agitation than halothane maintenance anesthesia. (medscimonit.com)
  • We evaluated various dimensions of this replacement through a literature review to assess the incidence of halothane-induced hepatitis and costs of anaesthetics in the country. (who.int)
  • The results indicate that the incidence of halothane hepatitis in the Islamic Republic of Iran is very low and could mostly be avoided by strict adherence to guidelines. (who.int)
  • Propofol has many characteristics of the ideal i.v. anesthetic, including a rapid, smooth induction of anesthesia and rapid clearance from the body. (nih.gov)
  • Premedication's facilitate clean induction of anesthesia and decrease required anesthetic doses. (yourzdoctor.com)
  • Spinal Anesthesia: In spinal anesthesia, a local anesthetic is injected into the cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the spinal cord, resulting in a temporary loss of sensation and motor function below the level of injection. (mcqsadda.online)
  • It provides pain relief and loss of sensation in a larger region of the body than spinal anesthesia and is frequently used during labor and childbirth or for surgeries involving the lower abdomen and legs. (mcqsadda.online)
  • Halothane, an agent introduced in the 1950s, has been almost completely replaced in modern anesthesia practice by newer agents because of its shortcomings. (wikipedia.org)
  • see spelling differences) is a drug used to induce anesthesia ⁠- ⁠in other words, to result in a temporary loss of sensation or awareness. (wikipedia.org)
  • Malignant hyperthermia (MH) can develop after receiving general anesthesia. (your-doctor.net)
  • Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a hereditary, life-threatening, hypermetabolic acute disorder, developing during or after receiving general anesthesia. (your-doctor.net)
  • May cause postoperative agitation during emergence from anesthesia in children. (nih.gov)
  • The exact etiology of ED is still unidentified but several risk factors that have been noted to increase the predilection for emergence agitation such as preschool age, preoperative anxiety, certain surgical procedures like otolaryngologic or ophthalmologic surgeries, anesthesia technique (inhalational vs. intravenous agent or regional block), and postoperative pain (Kanaya, 2016 ). (springeropen.com)
  • Dental treatment for people with challenging behaviour: general anaesthesia or sedation? (jocpd.com)
  • General anesthesia (GA) is the state produced when a patient receives medications for amnesia, analgesia, muscle paralysis, and sedation. (medscape.com)
  • Most caudal blocks are performed as adjuvant procedures to general anesthesia with endotracheal intubation [ 1 ], but caudal block with sedation per se can be used as an alternative to general anesthesia [ 2 - 4 ]. (anesth-pain-med.org)
  • Halothane and propofol appear to cause much less emergence agitation. (medscimonit.com)
  • We monitored EA episodes at 5 and 30 min in the post-anesthetic care unit (PACU) by using the fourpoint agitation scale and the Pediatric Anesthesia Emergence Delirium (PAED) scale. (anesth-pain-med.org)
  • injection of an anesthetic substance into the epidural space of the spinal cord in order to produce epidural anesthesia. (wordinn.com)
  • Epidural Anesthesia: Epidural anesthesia involves injecting a local anesthetic into the epidural space, which is the area outside the spinal cord covering. (mcqsadda.online)
  • The patient and the family members will need to be educated about MH and should be referred to a testing center for a caffeine halothane contracture test (CHCT). (medscape.com)
  • Then came local infiltration, nerve blocks and then spinal and epidural anesthesia, which in the 1900s allowed surgery in a relaxed abdomen, and is still used today, especially in obstetric anesthesia, where the mother can be anaesthetized without the baby being affected as well. (pattayamail.com)
  • Propofol: an alternative general anesthetic for outpatient oral surgery. (jocpd.com)
  • The patient who consents to have surgery, particularly surgery that requires a general anesthetic, renders himself dependent on the knowledge, skill, and integrity of the health care team. (rnpedia.com)
  • With modern advances in medications, monitoring technology, and safety systems, as well as highly educated anesthesia providers, the risk caused by anesthesia to a patient undergoing routine surgery is very small. (medscape.com)
  • ESTIMATES suggest that 1% or 2% of pregnant women undergo anesthesia for surgical procedures unrelated to delivery in the United States, but pregnancy may be unrecognized at the time of surgery, and there are no formal reporting mechanisms for data collection. (silverchair.com)
  • In most circumstances, the fetus is a passive recipient of anesthesia administered to the mother, suffers no blood loss, and undergoes passive changes rather than direct stress or hemodynamic alterations caused by surgery ( fig. 1 ). (silverchair.com)
  • Professor Emeritus, Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School), published his account of the trials that occurred at Massachusetts General Hospital. (asahq.org)
  • The ideal inhaled anesthetic agent has ample potency and a low solubility in blood and tissues (rapid recovery from anesthesia), resists physical and metabolic degradation, and protects and does not injure vital tissues. (nih.gov)
  • The primary determining factors for use are anesthetic potency and control, rate of anesthesia induction, clearance from the body, and adverse effects. (nih.gov)
  • All of the volatile agents can be used alone or in combination with other medications to maintain anesthesia (nitrous oxide is not potent enough to be used as a sole agent). (wikipedia.org)
  • Isoflurane , sold under the trade name Forane among others, is a general anesthetic . (mdwiki.org)
  • Following inhalation exposure, absorption of chloroform appears to be rapid and extensive. (cdc.gov)
  • 44 shortly after inhalation exposure (Danielsson et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Following oral exposure in animal studies, distribution of chloroform appears to be similar to following inhalation exposure, with the primary concentrations in lipophilic tissues (Brown et al. (cdc.gov)
  • Therefore, to remind everyone of best practices on how to protect ourselves from exposure, I've been part of a team collaborating with our Workplace Safety department to create a training video on how to minimize Waste Anesthesia Gas (WAG) exposure. (airwayjedi.com)
  • General anesthesia is used for major surgeries and procedures that require the patient to be completely still and have no recollection of the event. (mcqsadda.online)
  • Humans have inhabited the Earth for 200,000 years, yet the discovery of surgical anesthesia was a relatively recent development in the mid-1800s. (theanesthesiaconsultant.com)
  • Each monument avouches that the distinction for the discovery of surgical inhalation anesthesia belongs to the person it represents. (asahq.org)
  • What finally led to the debate between Jackson and Morton was Morton's cessation of stating that Jackson had been the discoverer of sulfuric ether's anesthetic properties and his subsequently expressing that the discovery of surgical inhalation anesthesia was his own. (asahq.org)
  • 5. Maestre C. The use of general anaesthesia for tooth extraction in young handicapped adults in France. (jocpd.com)
  • Anesthesia or anaesthesia (from Greek αν- an- "without" + αἲσθησις aisthesis "sensation") has traditionally meant the condition of having the feeling of pain and other sensations blocked. (wikidoc.org)
  • Anaesthesia has been influential in dif- Iran in 2006 when a number of experts thane-induced hepatitis, some profes- ferent fields of medical practice, espe- claimed that halothane should be sionals have insisted on the necessity cially in surgical procedures and efforts considered a major health threat [10]. (who.int)
  • General anaesthesia with isoflurane reduces plasma endocannabinoid AEA concentrations, and this could be a consequence of stress reduction after loss of consciousness . (mdwiki.org)
  • While usually administered with inhalational agents, general anesthesia can be achieved with intravenous agents, such as propofol . (wikidoc.org)
  • There is a depression of ventilatory responses to hypercarbia and hypoxia by all inhalation agents due to depression of central and peripheral chemoreceptor function in a dose-dependent manner. (anesthesiageneral.com)
  • The administration of general anesthesia must be individualized based on the patient's response, including cardiovascular and pulmonary changes. (nih.gov)
  • Anesthesia providers are responsible for assessing all factors that influence a patient's medical condition and selecting the optimal anesthetic technique accordingly. (medscape.com)
  • Anesthesia is a drug or gasoline administered through injection, by way of an IV, or by inhalation that causes insensitivity to ache. (pet-voice.com)
  • Local anesthesia can be utilized for particular areas just like the mouth or a paw, or it may be used for broader areas just like the stomach through an epidural injection. (pet-voice.com)
  • Surge in number of emergency and trauma cases and growing patient inclination towards ambulatory day care procedures will serve to be positive impact rendering factors augmenting inhalation anesthesia industry growth. (gminsights.com)
  • General anesthesia protocol for the dental patient: emphasis for older adults. (jocpd.com)
  • Anesthesia enables a patient to tolerate surgical procedures that would otherwise inflict unbearable pain, potentiate extreme physiologic exacerbations, and result in unpleasant memories. (medscape.com)
  • It is essential to consider patient safety, evidence-based practice, and the latest guidelines when making decisions in anesthesia. (mcqsadda.online)
  • Of the options below, which is a stage of a patient undergoing inhalation induction? (your-doctor.net)
  • According to Dr. David Wilkinson of the Association of Anesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, "Anesthesia is now very safe, with mortality of less than 1 in 250,000 directly related to anesthesia. (pattayamail.com)
  • Mortality attributable to general anesthesia is said to occur at rates of less than 1:100,000. (medscape.com)