Clinical Anesthesia Procedures
Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics - Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetics
Inhalation anesthetics are usually administered for the maintenance of general anesthesia, and also for “breathe-down” inhalation inductions. General properties of commonly used inhalation anesthetics are summarized in Table 12.3. Dosages of inhalation anesthetics are expressed as MAC, the MAC at 1 atm at which 50% of patients do not move in response to a surgical stimulus. MAC is additive (eg, 0.5 MAC nitrous oxide + 0.5 MAC isoflurane = 1 MAC total).
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Pino, Richard M., editor. "Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics - Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetics." Clinical Anesthesia Procedures, 10th ed., Wolters Kluwer, 2022. Anesthesia Central, anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728193/3/Intravenous_and_Inhalation_Anesthetics___Pharmacology_of_Inhalation_Anesthetics.
Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics - Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetics. In: Pino RMR, ed. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728193/3/Intravenous_and_Inhalation_Anesthetics___Pharmacology_of_Inhalation_Anesthetics. Accessed July 28, 2025.
Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics - Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetics. (2022). In Pino, R. M. (Ed.), Clinical Anesthesia Procedures (10th ed.). Wolters Kluwer. https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728193/3/Intravenous_and_Inhalation_Anesthetics___Pharmacology_of_Inhalation_Anesthetics
Intravenous and Inhalation Anesthetics - Pharmacology of Inhalation Anesthetics [Internet]. In: Pino RMR, editors. Clinical Anesthesia Procedures. Wolters Kluwer; 2022. [cited 2025 July 28]. Available from: https://anesth.unboundmedicine.com/anesthesia/view/ClinicalAnesthesiaProcedures/728193/3/Intravenous_and_Inhalation_Anesthetics___Pharmacology_of_Inhalation_Anesthetics.
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