Medicinal Chemistry, 2nd Edition

Chapter 5

General Anaesthetics

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Define the concept of anaesthesia

• List the different stages of attaining anaesthesia while conducting surgeries

• Explain the overall mechanisms of action of anaesthetics

• List the various classes of general anaesthetics

• Describe the liquid anaesthetics with examples

• Describe the synthetic routes of each anaesthetics

• Define the utility and doses of each anaesthetics

• Define the toxicity and side-effects of each anaesthetics

• List the anaesthetics useful in dentistry

• Define inhalation anaesthetics

• Describe the gaseous anaesthetics with examples

• Describe the utility of laughing gas and why it is called so

• Define some rapid-acting barbiturates

• Define rapid-acting non-barbiturates

• Describe benzodiazepine ...