Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons

Desflurane is being projected nowadays as inhalational agent of choice in the repertoire of the modern day anaesthesiologists. Refinement of its pharmacologic properties from its predecessors has attracted the attention of clinicians towards this novel agent. However, within the realms of neurosurgi...

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Main Author: Shashi Srivastava
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-02-01
Series:Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.199955
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spelling doaj-873db3bcc4e34f0d8970a4fc11345c992020-11-25T03:23:32ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care2348-05482348-926X2017-02-010404S85S8710.4103/2348-0548.199955Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: ConsShashi Srivastava0Department of Anaesthesiology, SGPGIMS, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaDesflurane is being projected nowadays as inhalational agent of choice in the repertoire of the modern day anaesthesiologists. Refinement of its pharmacologic properties from its predecessors has attracted the attention of clinicians towards this novel agent. However, within the realms of neurosurgical anaesthesiology, the widespread use of desflurane today should be, at best viewed with a bit of caution. Although a sizeable number of advantages of using desflurane exist, anaesthesiologists dealing with neurosurgical patients should be cognizant of its drawbacks.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.199955intracranial pressuredesfluraneemergence
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author Shashi Srivastava
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Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
intracranial pressure
desflurane
emergence
author_facet Shashi Srivastava
author_sort Shashi Srivastava
title Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
title_short Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
title_full Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
title_fullStr Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
title_full_unstemmed Use of desflurane in neurosurgery: Cons
title_sort use of desflurane in neurosurgery: cons
publisher Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
series Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
issn 2348-0548
2348-926X
publishDate 2017-02-01
description Desflurane is being projected nowadays as inhalational agent of choice in the repertoire of the modern day anaesthesiologists. Refinement of its pharmacologic properties from its predecessors has attracted the attention of clinicians towards this novel agent. However, within the realms of neurosurgical anaesthesiology, the widespread use of desflurane today should be, at best viewed with a bit of caution. Although a sizeable number of advantages of using desflurane exist, anaesthesiologists dealing with neurosurgical patients should be cognizant of its drawbacks.
topic intracranial pressure
desflurane
emergence
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2348-0548.199955
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