Preferred Label : anesthesia, closed-circuit;
MeSH definition : Inhalation anesthesia where the gases exhaled by the patient are rebreathed as some
carbon dioxide is simultaneously removed and anesthetic gas and oxygen are added so
that no anesthetic escapes into the room. Closed-circuit anesthesia is used especially
with explosive anesthetics to prevent fires where electrical sparking from instruments
is possible.;
MeSH synonym : anesthesias, rebreathing; closed circuit anesthesia; rebreathing anesthesias; anesthesia, rebreathing; rebreathing anesthesia; closed-circuit anesthesia; anesthesias, closed-circuit; closed-circuit anesthesias; anesthesia, closed circuit;
MeSH annotation : /educ: coord IM (no qualif) with ANESTHESIOLOGY /educ (NIM);
Origin ID : D000764;
UMLS CUI : C0002910;
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Inhalation anesthesia where the gases exhaled by the patient are rebreathed as some
carbon dioxide is simultaneously removed and anesthetic gas and oxygen are added so
that no anesthetic escapes into the room. Closed-circuit anesthesia is used especially
with explosive anesthetics to prevent fires where electrical sparking from instruments
is possible.