General Anaesthesia - Purpose

Purpose

General anaesthesia has many purposes including:

  1. Analgesia — loss of response to pain,
  2. Amnesia — loss of memory,
  3. Immobility — loss of motor reflexes,
  4. Sleep — loss of consciousness,
  5. Skeletal muscle relaxation.

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