Inhaled anesthetic agents include nitrous oxide (the oldest of all anesthetics) and various halogenated agents: desflurane (halogenated solely with fluorine halogenation increases potency and is ...

Regional and local anesthesia allows patients to be ... Other clinically useful effects of general anesthetic agents include unconsciousness, analgesia, suppression of autonomic reflexes (e.g ...

ALTHOUGH various local and topical anesthetics have long ... The potential role of the topical anesthetic agent in modifying the success of this undertaking, however, has not been sufficiently ...

Local anesthetics such as lidocaine block pain effectively, but they also impair motor and autonomic functions by indiscriminately blocking sodium channels in all neurons. Binshtok et al.

performed a single-blind, randomized, prospective study to investigate whether topical lidocaine application by means of a lollipop could provide efficacious local anesthesia. Fifty patients ...

The local anesthetics commonly used are bupivacaine and ropivacaine, and they are usually combined with a small dose of fentanyl or hydromorphone. The anesthetic agents that are infused through the ...