Inhalation General Anesthetic (Noun)
Meaning
A gas that produces general anesthesia when inhaled.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- Isoflurane is a commonly used inhalation general anesthetic in veterinary surgery due to its low cost and high safety profile.
- Sevoflurane is a favored inhalation general anesthetic in human surgeries involving children and adults due to its pleasant smell.
- The most effective inhalation general anesthetic concentration of Desflurane can be difficult to determine due to its low potency.
- Nitrous oxide has been widely used as an inhalation general anesthetic for over a century but requires additional agents to produce full surgical anesthesia.
- The Metabolic rate of Ethyl Ether is too low to be used as an effective inhalation general anesthetic, so it has largely been abandoned.