Sevoflurane is an ether inhalation anesthetic agent used to induce and maintain general anesthesia. It is a volatile, non-flammable compound with a low solubility profile and blood/gas partition coefficient. Sevoflurane was patented in 1972, was approved for clinical use in Japan in 1990, and approved by the FDA in 1996. Sevoflurane is three times more potent than desflurane, but has lower potency compared to halothane and isoflurane. Unlike other volatile anesthetics, sevoflurane has a pleasant odor and does not irritate the airway. The hemodynamic and respiratory depressive effects of sevoflurane are well tolerated, and most patients receiving this anesthetic agent present little toxicity. Therefore, it can be used for inhalational induction in adults and children for a wide variety of anesthetic procedures.
Sevoflurane is used for the induction and maintenance of general anesthesia in adult and pediatric patients for inpatient and outpatient surgery.
Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Hospital general universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, Spain
Xuanwu Hospital, Beijing, Beijing, China
Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care, S. OrsolaMalpighi University Hospital, Bologna, BO, Italy
Gynecology and Physiopathology of Human Reproductive Unit, University of Bologna, S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, BO, Italy
University Hospital Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
AZ KLina, Brasschaat, Antwerp, Belgium
Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
2nd Department of Anesthesiology, Attikon Hospital, 1 Rimini str., Athens, Greece
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