How to Use general anesthesia in a Sentence

general anesthesia

noun

• 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 person had a level of ketamine in their blood that was double what is used in general anesthesia, the agency said.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 25 June 2024
• But the level found in his blood was about the same as would be used during general anesthesia, his autopsy showed.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2024
• 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
• But the coroner said the levels of ketamine still in Perry's body were high, around what is used for general anesthesia during surgery.
  — Andrew Blankstein, NBC News, 26 June 2024
• 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 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 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
• This puts people into general anesthesia—a sleeping aid doesn't do that.
  — Katherine Harmon, Scientific American, 3 Oct. 2011
• His autopsy report determined the level found in his blood was the equivalent to the amount that would be used during general anesthesia.
  — Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 3 July 2024
• The procedure took place under general anesthesia and I was treated with great care and compassion.
  — Kate Norris, Time, 24 May 2018
• Surgery can make your blood more likely to clot for a while afterwards, typically for the first two or three months after getting general anesthesia.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Nov 2024