These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Solubility of I-653, sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane in plastics and rubber composing a conventional anesthetic circuit.
    Author: Targ AG, Yasuda N, Eger EI.
    Journal: Anesth Analg; 1989 Aug; 69(2):218-25. PubMed ID: 2764290.
    Abstract:
    This study defines some characteristics of a standard anesthetic circuit that may impede anesthetic induction and recovery with I-653, sevoflurane, isoflurane, and halothane. Partition coefficients for anesthetic circuit components (masks, bellows, bags, airways, and circuit tubes) consistently ranked halothane greater than isoflurane greater than sevoflurane greater than I-653, suggesting a reverse order of washin and washout rates for an anesthetic circuit constructed from similar components. Consistent with this prediction, the concentrations of I-653 increased and decreased more rapidly than those of the other agents at any flow rate during washin (0.5, 1, or 2 L/min gas inflow rates) or washout (1, 3, or 5 L/min) in a conventional anesthetic circuit. The rates of change in I-653 concentration closely approximated the maximal possible theoretical rates. Our results suggest that absorption of I-653 by circuit components or soda lime should not hinder induction of or recovery from anesthesia.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]