and one and one-half MAC) of desflurane (3%, 6%, and 9%, respectively) or sevoflurane (1%, 2%, and 3%, respectively). [62] The rapid transition from one MAC to one and one-half MAC transiently ...

Conclusion: Meta-analysis of studies in which the duration of anesthesia was up to 3.1 hours indicated that patients receiving either desflurane or sevoflurane did not have significant differences ...

Patients going under the knife at RCH will no longer be put to sleep with desflurane — a highly potent pollutant that RCH anesthesiologists say has 25 times more greenhouse gas emissions than ...

Penn Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia recently announced their decision to phase out usage of desflurane in anesthesia due to its environmental impact. Credit: Mehak Dhaliwal Penn ...