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Anaesthesia

Title:		The loss of sevoflurane from a closed breathing system
Author(s):		Vagts, D. A.Lockwood, G. G.
Address:		Department of Anaesthesia, Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK.
Year:		1997 Jul
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		636-9
Language:		eng
Volume:		52
Issue:		7
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2409 (Print). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		When volatile anaesthetics are used in a closed breathing system it is usually assumed that inflow of anaesthetic to the system matches uptake by the patient. Early laboratory reports on the interactions between sevoflurane and soda lime cast doubt on that assumption. We have measured the loss of sevoflurane, desflurane and isoflurane from a closed breathing system and found no differences of consequences.