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General anaesthetic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A general anaesthetic (or anesthetic , see spelling differences) drug is an anaesthetic drug that brings about a reversible loss of consciousness. These drugs are generally administered by an anae...
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General anaesthesia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In modern medical practice, general anaesthesia (AmE: anesthesia ) is a state of total unconsciousness resulting from general anaesthetic drugs. A variety of drugs are given to the patient that ha...
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General anesthetics are given only by or under the immediate supervision of a medical doctor or dentist trained to use them. If you will be receiving a general anesthetic during surgery, your doctor or anesthesiologist will give you the medicine and closely follow your progress.
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General anesthesia puts you to sleep so you won't feel or remember surgical procedures. ... Housecall, our weekly general-interest e-newsletter, keeps you up to date on a wide variety of health topics with timely, reliable, practical information, recipes, blogs, questions and answers with Mayo Clinic experts and more.
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General anesthesia is used for major surgery. It keeps you still and asleep during the procedure so you won't feel any pain. It affects your whole body, including your brain and reflexes. You'll need a breathing tube or mask to keep you breathing properly.
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Studying pentobarbital action in beta3(N265M) mice harboring beta3-containing GABAA receptors insensitive to a variety of general anesthetic agents, we found that the immobilizing action of pentobarbital is mediated fully, and the hypnotic action is mediated in part by this receptor subtype.
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