Chapter 8 Anesthetics
• Requires use of additional medications to suppress the enhanced autonomic and sensory reactions that occur during surgical procedures
(1) 1 MAC is the concentration in inspired air at which 50% of patients have no response to a skin incision.
d. The lower the blood-gas partition coefficient, the more rapid is the onset and recovery from anesthesia (See Table 8-1).
(1) Usually described as nonspecific interaction with lipid bilayer of neuronal membrane (Meyer-Overton principle)
(3) Significantly reduces the required concentration of halogenated anesthetics when used as an adjunct to anesthesia
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