Inhalational anaesthesia

IF 0.2 Q4 ANESTHESIOLOGY

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.mpaic.2024.09.003

Zahra Essackjee, Joseph Sebastian

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Abstract

Inhalational anaesthesia is conducted via the use of volatile agents and predates the use of intravenous anaesthesia. Volatile agents can be used to induce and maintain anaesthesia; the choice of agent relies on an understanding of the individual physical properties of each agent. This article describes these properties including the blood: gas coefficient, oil: gas coefficient, minimum alveolar concentration (MAC) and saturated vapour pressure (SVP). Delivery of inhalational anaesthesia to the patient and depth of anaesthesia monitoring is then discussed together with vaporizer function. Lastly, there is a discussion of the environmental impact of inhalational agents including nitrous oxide with reference to the proposed future agent xenon.

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Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine ANESTHESIOLOGY-

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152

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