Pharmacokinetics of desflurane elimination from respiratory gas and blood during the 20 minutes after cardiac surgery

Desflurane, with a low blood–gas partition coefficient, is an ideal anesthetic to achieve rapid offset and recovery from general anesthesia. Investigation of desflurane elimination from blood and respiratory gas should provide useful information with respect to a patient's recovery from anesthe...

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Main Authors: Chih-Cherng Lu, Chien-Sung Tsai, Oliver Yao-Pu Hu, Ruei-Ming Chen, Ta-Liang Chen, Shung-Tai Ho, Tong-Joo Gan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2013-04-01
Series:Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664612001374