Abstract
Anaesthesia (Greek: an- without and –aesthesis sensation) is the art of inducing a reversible loss of awareness and sensation. In general anaesthesia this is achieved with an additional reversible loss of consciousness, whereas in local and regional anaesthesia, a specific, targetted part of the body becomes temporarily insensate.
This chapter provides an overview of the basics of anaesthetics that form a crucial knowledge base for any medical student or trainee.
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Robinson, E.T., Gupta, A. (2017). Anaesthetics. In: Fisher, R., Ahmed, K., Dasgupta, P. (eds) Introduction to Surgery for Students. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43210-6_6
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