| insufflation anaesthesia | Maintenance of inhalation anaesthesia by delivery of anaesthetic gases or vapors directly to the airway of a spontaneously breathing patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| intercostal anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia produced by injection of local anaesthetic solution about intercostal nerves. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intramedullary anaesthesia | Rarely used method of general anaesthesia by injection of intravenous anaesthetic agent(s) into the medullary canal of long bones. Synonym: intraosseous anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intranasal anaesthesia | Insufflation anaesthesia in which an inhalation anaesthetic is added to inhaled air passing through the nose or nasopharynx; anaesthesia of nasal passages by infiltration and topical application of local anaesthetic solution to nasal mucosa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraoral anaesthesia | Insufflation anaesthesia in which an inhalation anaesthetic is added to inhaled air passing through the mouth; regional anaesthesia of the mouth and associated structures when local anaesthetic solutions are used by topical application to oral mucosa, by local infiltration, or as nerve blocks. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraosseous anaesthesia | Rarely used method of general anaesthesia by injection of intravenous anaesthetic agent(s) into the medullary canal of long bones. Synonym: intraosseous anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intraspinal anaesthesia | Inaccurate synonym for spinal anaesthesia; local anaesthetic solutions are not injected into the spinal cord. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intratracheal anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia technique in which anaesthetic and respiratory gases pass through a tube placed in the trachea via the mouth or nose. Synonym: intratracheal anaesthesia. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous anaesthesia | General anaesthesia produced by injection of central nervous system depressants into the venous circulation. (05 Mar 2000) |
| intravenous regional anaesthesia | Regional anaesthesia by intravenous injection of local anaesthetic solution distal to an occlusive tourniquet in an extremity previously exsanguinated by pressure or gravity. Synonym: Bier's method. (05 Mar 2000) |
| isobaric spinal anaesthesia | Spinal anaesthesia of same density as cerobrospinal fluid so that the level of anaesthesia is not influenced by a change in the position of the patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| open drop anaesthesia | Inhalation anaesthesia by vaporization of a liquid anaesthetic placed drop by drop on a gauze mask covering the mouth and nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| outpatient anaesthesia | <anaesthetics, procedure> Self-administration of analgesics by a patient instructed in doing so, usually refers to self-dosing with intravenous opioid (for example, morphine) administered by means of a programmable pump. (16 Dec 1997) |
| tactile anaesthesia | Loss or impairment of the sense of touch. (05 Mar 2000) |
| therapeutic anaesthesia | Administration of an anaesthetic as a means of treatment. (05 Mar 2000) |