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Introduction To avoid the major adverse hemodynamic effects caused by potent inhalation anesthetic agents, the use of narcotic anesthesia has reemerged. Relative potencies of the various narcotics are listed in Table 12.1 . Initially, meperidine (0.5 to 1 mg/kg) and…