Index of potency of general anesthesia
Minimum alveolar concentration
Diffusion coefficient
Dead space concentration
Alveolar blood concentration
Minimal alveolar concentrationIt is the lowest concentration of the anaesthetic in pulmonary alveoli needed to produce immobility in response to a painful stimulus (surgical incision) in 50% individualsIt is the measure of potency of inhalation Gas.(Refer: Morgan and Mikhail's Clinical Anaesthesiology, 5th edition, pg no. 162 - 163)
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