Structured Summary
Abstract
A barbiturate that is administered intravenously for the induction of general anesthesia or for the production of complete anesthesia of short duration.
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Synonyms
14 entry terms
- Penthiobarbital
- Thiomebumal
- Thiopentobarbital
- Thiopentone
- Bomathal
- Nesdonal
- Pentothal
- Pentothal Sodico
- Sodipental
- Thionembutal
- Thiopental Nycomed
- Thiopental Sodium
- Tiobarbital Braun
- Trapanal
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25 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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QV 88
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Thiopental. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013874. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013874
- Thiopental. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_thiopental
- Thiopental. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q410179