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Definition of minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) values

Definition of minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) values
 MAC level Effect
0.3 MAC MACawake (MAC value below this will allow the patient to become conscious)
1 MAC End-tidal concentration of anesthetic agent necessary to prevent movement in response to a surgical stimulus in 50% of patients
1.5 MAC MAC value where 90% of patients will not move in response to a surgical stimulus
2.0 MAC MAC-BAR (MAC value required to block autonomic responses to a surgical stimulus in 50% of patients)
MAC: minimum alveolar concentration; a value of 1.0 MAC is the concentration of an inhalation anesthetic agent in the alveoli required to prevent movement to a surgical stimulus in 50% of patients.
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