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Anaesthesia (without sensation) is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical purposes. It may include: - analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain) - paralysis (muscle relaxation) - amnesia (loss of memory), or unconsciousness 1.General anaesthesia (GA) is the state produced when a patient receives medications to produce amnesia and analgesia with or without reversible muscle paralysis. 2. Agents that produce general anaesthesia are called general anaesthetics. 3. General anaesthetics include drugs that produce - loss of consciousness/hypnosis - amnesia - muscle relaxation Propofol Ketamine etomidate Opiods Barbitiurates benzodiazepine Halothane Sevoflurane Isoflurane Desflurane Nitrous oxide Tramadol Nalbuphine Fentanyl Morphine Remifentanyl SufentanylSpinal anaesthesia , subarachnoid block, is a form of neuraxial regional anaesthesia involving the injection of a local anaesthetic or opioid into the subarachnoid space

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TYPES OF ANESTHESIA AND
ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS

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, Anaesthesia (without sensation) is a state
of controlled, temporary loss of sensation o
awareness that is induced for medical
purposes. It may include:
- analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain)

- paralysis (muscle relaxation)

- amnesia (loss of memory), or unconsciousness.

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