Minerva anestesiologica
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Minerva anestesiologica · Sep 2000
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialAnaesthesia with desflurane-nitrous oxide in elderly patients. Comparison with isoflurane-nitrous oxide.
Desflurane is a new volatile anaesthetic, very little soluble. We wished to compare efficacy, safety, and emergence and recovers; profiles of desflurane-N2O versus isoflurane-N2O anaesthesia in elderly patients. ⋯ Early recovery in elderly patients is faster after desflurane than isoflurane anaesthesia; this might contribute to increased requirement of postoperative analgesia. Occurrence of adverse event is comparable between the two anaesthetics.