Chapter 11, Problem 5O

Summary Introduction

To compare:

The mechanisms of action, indications, adverse effects, routes of administration, cautions, contraindications, and drug interactions for the general and local anesthesia as well as drugs used in moderate or conscious sedation.

Introduction:

Anesthesia is a general term used in the medical field. It refers to the state of temporary loss of awareness or sensation by the induced method. This loss of sensation is included analgesia (pain reliever), paralysis (muscle relaxant), and amnesia (memory loss). Anesthetic drug-using patients are referred to as anesthetized.