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2. Anaesthetic machine - Wikipedia

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   An anaesthetic machine ( British English) or anesthesia machine ( American English) is a medical device used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and inhalational anaesthetic agents for the purpose of inducing and maintaining anaesthesia. [1]

3. Instruments used in anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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   Spinal needle. used for puncturing the spinal canal for injection of medications in spinal anaesthesia. Epidural catheter. used to administer medications into the epidural space. Syringe. to inject medications. Mucus sucker. to aspirate any fluid specially mucus from the respiratory passage. Variable performance devices.

4. General anaesthesia - Wikipedia

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   General anaesthesia (UK) or general anesthesia (US) is a method of medically inducing loss of consciousness that renders a patient unarousable even with painful stimuli. [5] This effect is achieved by administering either intravenous or inhalational general anaesthetic medications, which often act in combination with an analgesic and ...

5. Anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   Anesthesia or anaesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain ), paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and unconsciousness. An individual under the effects of anesthetic ...

6. History of general anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   Throughout recorded history, attempts at producing a state of general anesthesia can be traced back to the writings of ancient Sumerians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Egyptians, Indians, and Chinese. Despite significant advances in anatomy and surgical technique during the Renaissance, surgery remained a last-resort treatment largely due to the pain ...

7. Anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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   Anesthesiology or anaesthesiology is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. [ 1] It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. [ 2] A physician specialized in anesthesiology is called an anesthesiologist ...