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Isoflurane

ISOFLURANE

Category

Inhalant anaesthesia

Action
  • Uncertain
  • Interferes with functioning  of nerve cells in brain produce generalized, reversible depression of CNS
Indication

Induction and maintenance of anaesthesia

Dose

Small animals

  • Induction:5%
  • Maintenance:1.5-2.5%
Contraindications
  • Patients with predilection towards malignant hypertension
  • Use caution in patients with high CSF, head surgery, myasthenia gravis
  • Irritant to respiratory system
Adverse Effects
  • Hypotension
  • Dose dependent respiratory depression
  • Cardiodepression
  • GI disturbance
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