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MeSH Heading: Anesthetics, General
Tree Number(s): D27.505.696.277.100.035; D27.505.954.427.210.100.035
Unique ID: D018681
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018681
Annotation: see note at ANESTHETICS
Scope Note: Agents that induce various degrees of analgesia; depression of consciousness, circulation, and respiration; relaxation of skeletal muscle; reduction of reflex activity; and amnesia. There are two types of general anesthetics, inhalation and intravenous. With either type, the arterial concentration of drug required to induce anesthesia varies with the condition of the patient, the desired depth of anesthesia, and the concomitant use of other drugs. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p.173)
Entry Term(s): General Anesthetic; General Anesthetics
Previous Indexing: Anesthetics (1966-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/06/03
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0027992
Scope Note: Agents that induce various degrees of analgesia; depression of consciousness, circulation, and respiration; relaxation of skeletal muscle; reduction of reflex activity; and amnesia. There are two types of general anesthetics, inhalation and intravenous. With either type, the arterial concentration of drug required to induce anesthesia varies with the condition of the patient, the desired depth of anesthesia, and the concomitant use of other drugs. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p.173)
Terms: Anesthetics, General Preferred Term
Term UI T055620
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995); General Anesthetic
Term UI T000998234
Date11/20/2019
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021); General Anesthetics
Term UI T055619
Date01/26/1994
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1995)

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