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General anesthetics are drugs that cause reversible loss of consciousness for surgery. They work by depressing neuronal activity in the brain. There are four stages of anesthesia from analgesia to medullary paralysis. Inhalational agents like halothane and nitrous oxide are used for induction and maintenance while intravenous drugs like thiopental and propofol are used for induction. Anesthetics are classified by route of administration and mechanism of action. The minimum alveolar concentration needed to p

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Yazan Emad Salem

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