anesthetic and anesthesia

Medscape: Characteristics of Anesthetic Agents Used for Induction and Maintenance of General Anesthesia Characteristics of Anesthetic Agents Used for Induction and Maintenance of General Anesthesia MSN: Anesthesia may open an inner universe; one test could prove it General anesthesia is supposed to switch us off, yet patients often report emerging from the void with the eerie sense that “no time passed at all.” A growing group of researchers now suspects that ... Newsweek: One in 10 People Conscious Under Anesthesia, Half of Them Can Feel Pain One in 10 People Conscious Under Anesthesia, Half of Them Can Feel Pain Intravenous (i.v.) anesthetics include etomidate, midazolam, propofol, thiopental, ketamine, and opioid agonists. The first four agents act by enhancing the activity of the inhibitory neurotransmitter ...