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Descriptor English: Anesthesia, General
Descriptor Spanish: Anestesia General
Descriptor anestesia general
Scope note: Procedimiento por el que se induce a los pacientes a un estado de INCONSCIENCIA mediante el uso de varios FÁRMACOS para que no sientan dolor durante una intervención quirúrgica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Anestesia Geral
Descriptor French: Anesthésie générale
Entry term(s): Anesthesias, General
General Anesthesia
General Anesthesias
Tree number(s): E03.155.197
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000768
Scope note: Procedure in which patients are induced into an unconscious state through use of various medications so that they do not feel pain during surgery.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
DeCS ID: 779
Unique ID: D000768
NLM Classification: WO 275
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/16
Anesthesia, General - Preferred
Concept UI M0001154
Scope note Procedure in which patients are induced into an unconscious state through use of various medications so that they do not feel pain during surgery.
Preferred term Anesthesia, General
Entry term(s) Anesthesias, General
General Anesthesia
General Anesthesias



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