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Anesthesia and Analgesia

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Anesthesia and Analgesia Categories.

	Analgesia
	Anesthesia - A state characterized by loss of feeling or sensation. This depression of nerve function is usually the result of pharmacologic action and is induced to allow performance of surgery or other painful procedures.
	Anesthesia Recovery Period - The period of emergence from general anesthesia, where different elements of consciousness return at different rates.
	Conscious Sedation - An alternative to general anesthesia in patients for whom general anesthesia is refused or considered inadvisable. It involves the administering of an antianxiety drug (minor tranquilizer) and an analgesic or local anesthetic. This renders the patient free of anxiety and pain while allowing the patient to remain in verbal contact with the physician or dentist.
	Electronarcosis - Profound stupor produced by passing an electric current through the brain.
	Hypotension, Controlled
	Hypothermia, Induced - Abnormally low body temperature intentionally induced in warm-blooded animals by artificial means.
	Neuromuscular Blockade - The intentional interruption of transmission at the NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION by external agents, usually neuromuscular blocking agents. It is distinguished from NERVE BLOCK in which nerve conduction (NEURAL CONDUCTION) is interrupted rather than neuromuscular transmission. Neuromuscular blockade is commonly used to produce MUSCLE RELAXATION as an adjunct to anesthesia during surgery and other medical procedures. It is also often used as an experimental manipulation in basic research. It is not strictly speaking anesthesia but is grouped here with anesthetic techniques. The failure of neuromuscular transmission as a result of pathological processes is not included here.
	Preanesthetic Medication

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