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Anesthesia, Inhalation

Medical Definition: Anesthesia caused by the breathing of anesthetic gases or vapors or by insufflating anesthetic gases or vapors into the respiratory tract.
Guide Notes: /educ: coord IM (no qualif) with ANESTHESIOLOGY /educ (NIM)
Also Called: Insufflation Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Inhalation Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit - Inhalation anesthesia where the gases exhaled by the patient are rebreathed as some carbon dioxide is simultaneously removed and anesthetic gas and oxygen are added so that no anesthetic escapes into the room. Closed-circuit anesthesia is used especially with explosive anesthetics to prevent fires where electrical sparking from instruments is possible.

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