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enflurane

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enflurane /en·flu·rane/ (en´floo-rān) a potent inhalational anesthetic used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia and for analgesia during labor and painful procedures.
enflurane
[en′floo͡rān]
a nonflammable anesthetic gas of the ether family. Its use has almost entirely been supplanted by newer, shorter-acting agents.
indications It is used for maintenance of general anesthesia. A halogenated volatile liquid, enflurane is administered through calibrated vaporizers, permitting close control of dosage.
contraindications Because excitement may occur on induction, a hypnotic dose of short-acting barbiturate is used for premedication.
adverse effects Adverse effects may include seizures, hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, shivering, nausea, and vomiting on emergence.

enflurane [en´floo-rān]
a potent inhalational anesthetic, widely used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. It is nonflammable, induction and recovery are smooth and rapid, and the depth of anesthesia is rapidly altered. The incidence of arrhythmias and postoperative nausea and vomiting are somewhat less than with halothane or methoxyflurane. It is also used in low concentrations to provide analgesia during labor or painful procedures.

enflurane
(en´flrān),
n a nonflammable anesthetic gas belonging to the ether family, used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia.

enflurane
a fluorinated ether, similar in action to halothane, used for general inhalation anesthesia.


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Among the inhaled anesthetics, ether derivatives halothane, isoflurane, and enflurane are the most common, but nitrous oxide (laughing gas), cyelopropane, and xenon, which aren't related to ether, also work.
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