We give surgery patients anesthesia to avert the agony they would feel if they remained conscious.
Since sheep do not possess the opiate receptors responsible for causing anesthesia, they are not an appropriate model for testing narcotic anesthesia in the fetus.
The saphenous veins were cannulated and surgery continued under thiopental sodium anesthesia.
By analogy, the process of induction and recovery from general anesthesia is a delicate one requiring the special skills of highly trained medical professionals.
To develop the process, the anesthesia induction was performed outside the operating room, better process guidance was developed, and patient flow was reorganized.
The use of general anesthesia was the only important factor which appeared to influence the occurrence of hypercyanotic spells during the procedure.
The stents were placed under general anesthesia in piglets (n=7) 1-3 days old, weighing 1.4-2.25 kg via a cutdown in the neck.
The choice of anesthesia may also be important in diabetes and metabolism research where changes in blood glucose could impact physiological processes.
