Why the study?
Does changing from isoflurane to desflurane during the latter part of anesthesia improve emergence and recovery in patients undergoing long surgery?
Population
82 patients undergoing long surgery
Comparison
Changing from isoflurane to 1 MAC of desflurane… vs Maintaining isoflurane at 1 MAC or maintaining…
Design
RCT, randomly assigned
Follow-up
immediate post-operation
Authors
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Switching to desflurane late in long surgery hastens emergence; confirms superiority over isoflurane maintenance with equivalence to desflurane throughout.
Does changing from isoflurane to desflurane during the latter part of anesthesia improve emergence and recovery in patients undergoing long surgery?
Changing from isoflurane to desflurane during the last hour of long surgery improves emergence and recovery compared to maintaining isoflurane.
Kang et al. (2010) studied this question.
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