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Inhalational Anaesthetics

A Brief Summary

08-Jul-2016

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A Brief Summary of Inhalational Anaesthetics

If you’ve ever needed a tooth out, or had surgery of any kind, chances are you’ll have experienced use of an inhalational anaesthetic. All of the compounds shown above can induce general anaesthesia, and a range have been utilised since the initial discovery of nitrous oxide in the mid-1800s. Often, intravenous drugs will be used for induction of anaesthesia, but inhalational agents may then be used to maintain this – this graphic looks at how the drugs in use for this purpose have varied over the years.

Topics
  • anaesthetics
  • inhalation
  • inhalational anaesthetics
  • nitrous oxide
  • chloroform
  • trichlorethylene
  • halothane
  • enflurane
  • desflurane
  • fluranes
  • diethyl ether
  • cyclopropane
  • fluoroxene
  • methoxyflurane
  • isoflurane
  • sevoflurane
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