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What anesthetics are used to put patients to sleep for surgical operations?
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Depends: General anesthesia for a healthy patient undergoing a routine surgery usually consists of Propofol for induction of anesthesia and volatile anesthetics("gas") and opioids for maintenance of anesthesia.
Answered 6/30/2014
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