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Nitrous oxide
Essential medicine status
Section:
1. Anaesthetics, preoperative medicines and medical gases 1.1. General anaesthetics and oxygen 1.1.1. General anaesthetics and oxygen > Inhalational medicines
ATC codes: N01AX13
EMLc
Indication
Anaesthetics and therapeutic gases ICD11 code: XM1880792884
Medicine type
Gas
List type
Core (EML)
(EMLc)
Formulations
Respiratory > Inhalation:
EML status history
First added in 1977 (TRS 615)
Changed in 2007 (TRS 950)
Sex
All
Age
Also recommended for children
Therapeutic alternatives
The recommendation is for this specific medicine
Patent information
Patents have expired in most jurisdictions
Wikipedia
Nitrous oxide
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Nitrous oxide
Summary of evidence and Expert Committee recommendations
The EMLc Subcommittee endorsed the inclusion of nitrous oxide as an inhalational anaesthetic for use in children on the core list of the EMLc.