Alley is in labor and says that the pain is unbearable. Her obstetrician tells her that the pain might be caused by some complications in the delivery. The obstetrician informs Alley that he would perform a cesarean section to be safe. He injects Alley with something that puts her to sleep. In this scenario, which of the following was likely to be used by Alley's obstetrician to put her to sleep?

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General anesthesia is commonly used to put patients to sleep during surgeries, including cesarean sections, to ensure they are unconscious and do not feel pain during the procedure. Rapid-acting and short-acting insulins are used to manage blood sugar levels, not for anesthesia. A pudendal block is a local anesthesia used in vaginal deliveries to relieve pain in the lower vagina and perineum, not for inducing sleep.

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