Recovery of elderly patients from two or more hours of desflurane or sevoflurane anaesthesia †
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- 1 October 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 91 (4) , 502-506
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/aeg221
Abstract
Background. The solubility of desflurane compared with sevoflurane suggests more rapid recovery from desflurane anaesthesia. This could be important after prolonged anaesthesia and fast recovery may be advantageous in the elderly where slow recovery of mental function is a concern. We compared emergence from desflurane vs sevoflurane in elderly patients undergoing two or more hours of anaesthesia.Keywords
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