How to Use general anesthesia in a Sentence

general anesthesia

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  • The amount of ketamine found in his blood was about the same as what would be used during general anesthesia the medical examiner said.
    — Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • The grape wasn't moving on its own, which meant general anesthesia and surgery for the 5-year-old.
    — Sarah Schreiber, Good Housekeeping, 7 Apr. 2017
  • The amount of ketamine in his bloodstream was roughly equivalent to the amount used in general anesthesia, per the Times.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 21 May 2024
  • Biden did not go under general anesthesia and as such the 25th Amendment was not invoked and the president stayed in charge, the White House said.
    — Ben Gittleson, ABC News, 12 June 2023
  • The donor is given general anesthesia, and needles are inserted through the skin, into the bone to draw the marrow out.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 19 Sep. 2019
  • The level found in his blood was about the same quantity as would be used during general anesthesia.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Musk promised that the surgery would only take about an hour, wouldn't require general anesthesia, and the recipient can go home with their implant the same day.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2020
  • During the procedure, the child is put under general anesthesia, and a tiny fiber-optic tube with tweezers at the end goes down the airway and picks out the foreign body.
    — Evan Forster, Parents, 17 June 2024
  • Tazz was covered in bandages and had to return to the vet every five days to have her dressings changed under general anesthesia.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • And those who give directly from the bone are under general anesthesia and not clutching a pillow like poor Izzy.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • And the general anesthesia required for the surgery comes with its own complications.
    — Brianna Lewis, Glamour, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The amount of ketamine in Perry’s bloodstream was about the same as what would be used during general anesthesia, his autopsy showed.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 3 June 2024
  • The autopsy found that the ketamine levels in Perry's blood were equivalent to the amount used in general anesthesia.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
  • But the level found in his blood was about the same quantity as would be used during general anesthesia, his autopsy showed.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024
  • Once again, ultrasound provides a solution, the use of nerve blocks in place of general anesthesia.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2020
  • What’s more, risks climb with time spent under general anesthesia.
    — Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 July 2018
  • The procedure takes only about two or three minutes, Obeng says, and patients don't have to be put under general anesthesia for it.
    — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 21 Dec. 2022
  • He was released from the hospital one day after the surgery, during which he was placed under general anesthesia.
    — Mike Brest, Washington Examiner, 9 Jan. 2024
  • However, once a person is past infancy, the surgery may require general anesthesia and may take weeks to heal.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 29 Dec. 2018
  • The teen was put under general anesthesia, and using forceps, the quarter was removed, per the New England Journal of Medicine report.
    — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • It’s done under general anesthesia, but the patient is generally able to go home an hour or two after surgery.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 4 Oct. 2021
  • If a regional block or general anesthesia is used, you will be asked to stop eating on the midnight before the operation.
    — Oluseun Olufade, Verywell Health, 1 May 2024
  • Doctors tell patients to stop eating before surgeries that require general anesthesia because of the risk it could be vomited up and end up in the lungs.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The procedure took place under general anesthesia and I was treated with great care and compassion.
    — Kate Norris, Time, 24 May 2018
  • Although cleaning and dressing wounds is not usually considered surgery, in Nicholas' case the task takes at least two hours and requires general anesthesia.
    — Mark Johnson and Kathleen Gallagher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Dec. 2010
  • Francis underwent three hours of surgery under general anesthesia the evening of July 4, and later that night was described by the Holy See as having responded well.
    — Fox News, 11 July 2021
  • It's done in an hourlong surgery under general anesthesia.
    — Marilynn Marchione, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2020
  • The surgery Brooks is having requires general anesthesia.
    — Lee Roop, AL.com, 15 Dec. 2017
  • All of this happened under general anesthesia, and the donor would typically spend one to two nights in a hospital for observation.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The procedure is done under general anesthesia, but most patients are discharged the same day unless there are medical reasons for a longer stay in the hospital, Dr. Gupta says.
    — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 18 Jan. 2018

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