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Amide type of chemical linkage found in some local anesthetics involving carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen (-NH-CO-) Balanced anesthesia use of multiple medications to rapidly induce unconsciousness, cause muscle relaxation, and maintain deep anesthesia Ester type of chemical linkage found in some local anesthetics involving carbon and oxygen (-CO-O-) General anesthesia medical procedure that produces unconsciousness and loss of sensation throughout the entire body Local anesthesia loss of sensation to a limited part of the body without loss of consciousness Neuroleptic analgesia type of general anesthesia that combines fentanyl with droperidol to produce a state in which patients are conscious, though insensitive to pain and unconnected with surroundings Neuromuscular blocker drug used to cause total muscle relaxation Nitrogen mustards alkylating agents used to treat a variety of tumors Surgical anesthesia stage 3 of anesthesia, where most major surgery occurs
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