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General anesthesia can be induced either by intravenous injection or inhalation of anesthetic drugs. The advantages and disadvantages of each are considered, and an effective technique for inhalation induction is described.
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Larson, C.P., Jaffe, R.A. (2017). Induction of General Anesthesia. In: Practical Anesthetic Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42866-6_2
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