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Inhalational anaesthetics are gases that possess anaesthetic qualities that are administered by breathing through an anaesthesia mask or ET tube connected to an anaesthetic machine. The agents of significant contemporary interest include the volatile anaesthetics (halothane, isoflurane, sevoflurane and desflurane) and the gases ethylene, nitrous oxide and xenon.

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Inhalation

Ethers	Diethyl ether • Methoxypropane • Vinyl ether • halogenated ethers (Desflurane • Enflurane • Isoflurane • Methoxyflurane • Sevoflurane)

Haloalkanes	Chloroform • Halothane^# • Trichloroethylene

Others	Cyclopropane • Ethylene • Nitrous oxide^# • Xenon

Barbiturates	Hexobarbital • Methohexital • Narcobarbital • Thiopental^#

Opioids	Alfentanil • Anileridine • Fentanyl • Phenoperidine • Remifentanil • Sufentanil

Neuroactive steroids	Alfaxalone • Minaxolone

Others	Droperidol • Etomidate • Fospropofol • gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid • Ketamine^# /Esketamine • Midazolam • Propanidid • Propofol

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