Figure 4-2 A close correlation exists between the minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) of various anesthetics, preventing a response to surgical incision in humans, and the inspired dose of an anesthetic (ED50 ) required to abolish the righting reflex in the mouse. (Data from references [5] [8] [180] and from Eger EI II, Rutherford, NJ: Desflurane: A Compendium and Reference. Healthpress Publishing Group, 1993, p 13.)


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