Pharmacology 7th Edition by Henry Hitner,Barbara Nagle

Exercise 1

Use your critical-thinking skills to answer the following question. Select the correct answer.
What is the best reason for using a balanced anesthesia strategy
A) producing complementary effects using a few drugs avoids unnecessary intense (deep) CNS depression with one anesthetic to achieve the same effect
B) the concentration of volatile anesthetic in the alveoli is balanced against the amount of anesthetic in the blood
C) less monitoring of anesthesia is required
D) fewer patients experience emergence delirium
E) there is less chance of aspirating saliva