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Anesthetics, General MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


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
Registry Numbers
0
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
Anesthetics, General Preferred
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