inhalation anesthetic

Inhalation anesthetics are used to both begin (induce) and maintain general anesthesia.

But after they wear off, inhalation anesthetics do not provide any long-lasting relief from pain (analgesia).

Inhalation anesthetic.

The neuromuscular blocking action of vecuronium is slightly enhanced in the presence of potent inhalation anesthetics.

Inhalation anesthetics are vaporized and mixed with other gases prior to their inhalation by the patient before or during surgery.

General anesthesia is commonly started through a vein (intravenous anesthetic), but it may also be inhaled (inhalation anesthetic).

Solely guided by predictions based upon structure, Leake perused the usage of vinyl ether as an inhalation anesthetic.

The first widely used inhalation anesthetic was diethyl ether, which is a non-substituted (non-halogenated) ether.

Xenon interacts with many different receptors and ion channels and like many theoretically multi-modal inhalation anesthetics these interactions are likely complementary.

All inhalation anesthetics in current clinical use are halogenated ethers, except for halothane (which is a halogenated hydrocarbon or haloalkane), nitrous oxide, and xenon.

It can be triggered by exposure to certain anesthetics, particularly the potent inhalation anesthetics and by succinylcholine (Anectine and Quelicin), a muscle relaxant.

Morton's first successful public demonstration of ether as an inhalation anesthetic was such an historic and widely-publicized event that many consider him to be the "inventor and revealer" of anesthesia.

Inhalation anesthetics are often preferred for general anesthesia because they are easy to give through a face mask, an endotracheal (ET) tube, or a laryngeal mask airway (LMA).

Vinyl ether, also known as divinyl ether, divinyl oxide, Vinethene (pharmaceutical trade name) and ethenoxyethene (IUPAC), is a clear, nearly colorless, volatile liquid which was briefly used as an inhalation anesthetic.

The time needed for full (over 90% muscle activity) recovery after single administration is about 120-180 minutes in healthy adults, but can be protracted to more hours in poor health subjects and when concomitantly administered with other long-acting anesthetics (e.g., some opioids, barbiturates, inhalation anesthetics).