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Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics

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Learn the pharmacokinetic factors affecting the rate of induction and emergence with inhalational anesthetics Understand the concept of Minimum Alveolar Concentration (MAC) Know the key characteristics of the four most commonly used inhalational agents (nitrous oxide, isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane)

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School of Medicine, Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    Jerome M. Adams MD, MPH (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Indiana University Hospital, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA

    John W. Wolfe MD (Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesia)

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US

    Jesse M. Ehrenfeld MD, MPH (Co-Director, Anesthesia Informatics Fellowship Instructor Anaesthesia) (Co-Director, Anesthesia Informatics Fellowship Instructor Anaesthesia)

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, US

    Richard D. Urman MD, MBA (Director, Hospital Procedural Sedation Management Instructor Anaesthesia) & Scott Segal MD, MHCM (Vice Chair for Education Associate Professor) (Director, Hospital Procedural Sedation Management Instructor Anaesthesia) &  (Vice Chair for Education Associate Professor)

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Adams, J.M., Wolfe, J.W. (2010). Pharmacology of Inhalational Anesthetics. In: Ehrenfeld, J.M., Urman, R.D., Segal, S. (eds) Anesthesia Student Survival Guide. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09709-1_5

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