Definitions for general anesthesia
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1. general anesthesia, general anaesthesianoun

   a state of total unconsciousness resulting from anesthetic drugs (as for a major surgical operation)

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1. general anesthesia

   General anaesthesia (UK) or general anesthesia (US) is a medically induced loss of consciousness that renders the patient unarousable even with painful stimuli. This effect is achieved by administering either intravenous or inhalational general anaesthetic medications, which often act in combination with an analgesic and neuromuscular blocking agent. Spontaneous ventilation is often inadequate during the procedure and intervention is often necessary to protect the airway. General anaesthesia is generally performed in an operating theater to allow surgical procedures that would otherwise be intolerably painful for a patient, or in an intensive care unit or emergency department to facilitate endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients. A variety of drugs may be administered, with the overall goal of achieving unconsciousness, amnesia, analgesia, loss of reflexes of the autonomic nervous system, and in some cases paralysis of skeletal muscles. The optimal combination of anesthetics for any given patient and procedure is typically selected by an anaesthetist, or another provider such as a nurse anaesthetist (depending on local practice and law), in consultation with the patient and the surgeon, dentist, or other practitioner performing the operative procedure.

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1. general anesthesia

   General anesthesia refers to a medically induced state of unconsciousness, often used during surgical procedures. It involves a combination of medications administered to a patient to block physical pain, alter consciousness, and suppress memory of the procedure. The patient under general anesthesia doesn't experience any awareness, pain, distress, or discomfort during the operation. It is usually managed by an anesthesiologist or a nurse anesthetist. The effects are reversible once the administration of the anesthesia drugs is stopped.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of general anesthesia in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of general anesthesia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of general anesthesia in a Sentence

1. Jean Guglielminotti:

   We don't want people to believe that general anesthesia is always bad, it can be good in some situations, when you require an emergency C-section. What we're saying is that general anesthesia is not always good, and when it can [ it should ] be avoided.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=general anesthesia
2. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Anesthesia
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