NURSING ANM AND GNM

Detailed explanation-1: -Excessive breathing creates a low level of carbon dioxide in your blood. This causes many of the symptoms of hyperventilation. You may hyperventilate from an emotional cause such as during a panic attack. Or, it can be due to a medical problem, such as bleeding or infection.

Detailed explanation-2: -Inhalation anesthetics (nitrous oxide, halothane, isoflurane, desflurane, sevoflurane, most commonly used agents in practice today) are used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia in the operating room.

Detailed explanation-3: -For this reason, nitrous oxide has the fastest onset among inhalation agents (Figure 1).