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To determine the induction and recovery characteristics of the new poly-fluorinated anaesthetic desflurane, 78 fasting and unpremedicated neonates, infants and children up to 12 yr of age were studied. Patients were stratified according to age: full-term neonates < 28 days of age (n = 12), infants 1–6 mth (n = 12) infants 6–12 mth (n = 15), children 1–3 yr (n = 15), 3–5 yr (n = 12), and 5–12 yr (n = 12). After preoxygenation for two minutes and an awake tracheal intubation, neonates were anaesthetized with stepwise increases in the inspired concentration of desflurane in an air/oxygen mixture. Infants 1–12 mth of age and children were anaesthetized with stepwise increases in the inspired concentration of desflurane in oxygen. Their tracheas were intubated under deep desflurane anaesthesia without muscle relaxation. The incidence of airway reflex responses (including breathholding, coughing, laryngospasm, bronchospasm and oropharyngeal secretions), incidence of excitement, minimum arterial oxygen saturation, and times to loss of eyelash reflex and tracheal intubation during induction were recorded. After skin incision, anaesthesia was maintained with desflurane (≈1 MAC) in 60% nitrous oxide and oxygen. Heart rate and systolic arterial pressure were recorded awake, at ≈ 1 MAC before and after skin incision and throughout surgery. At the completion of surgery, all anaesthetics were discontinued and the lungs were ventilated with 100% oxygen. During emergence, the end-tidal concentration of desflurane was recorded until extubation. The incidence of airway reflex responses and the times to eye opening and extubation after the discontinuation of desflurane were recorded. We found that during induction of anaesthesia, breathholding occurred in 50% of patients, coughing in 36%, moderate or severe laryngospasm in 30% and secretions that required suctioning in 7.6%. Excitement occurred in 100% of infants and children. Arterial oxygen saturation (mean ±SD) decreased to < 90% in 18% of children. The time (mean ±SD) from commencement of desflurane to loss of the eyelash reflex was 1.2 ±0.4 min and to tracheal intubation, 4.6 ±1.2 min. Heart rate and systolic arterial pressure were stable throughout surgery. The washout of desflurane did not differ among the six groups.Fa/Fao was 0.14 ±0.05 at two minutes and 0.06 ±0.04 at five minutes after discontinuation of desflurane. The time from discontinuation of desflurane to extubation was greater in neonates, 6.6 min, than it was in older infants and children, 4.5 to 5.8 min, after approximately 45 min of surgery (P < 0.05). None of the patients demonstrated airway reflex responses after extubation. We conclude that although desflurane is not suited for induction of anaesthesia in infants and children, it maintains haemodynamic stability during surgery and facilitates a rapid recovery of consciousness without triggering airway reflex responses.
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Afin de déterminer les charactéristiques d’induction et de récupération d’un nouvel anesthésique polyfluoré, le desflurane, 78 nouveau-nés non-prémédiqués à jeun, nourrissons et enfants jusqu’à l’âge de 12 ans furent étudiés. Les patients furent stratifiés selon l’âge: nouveau-né à terme < 28 jours d’âge (n = 12), bébé de 1–6 mois (n = 12), enfant de 6–12 mois (n = 15), enfant de 1–3 ans (n = 15), 3–5 ans (n = 12), et 5–12 ans (n = 12). Après une préoxygénation de deux minutes et une intubation trachéale réveillée, les nouveau-nés furent anesthésiés avec du desflurane à des concentrations inspirées croissantes dans un mélange d’air/oxygène. Les bébés âgés de 1–12 mois et les enfants furent anesthésiés avec des concentrations croissantes de desflurane et oxygène. Leur trachée fut intubée sous anesthésie profonde au desflurane sans relaxant musculaire. L’incidence de réflexe des voies aériennes (incluant la rétention de la respiralion, la toux, le laryngospasme, le bronchospasme et les sécrétions oropharyngées), l’incidence de stimulation, de diminution de la saturation artérielle en oxygène, et les temps de perte du réflexe ciliaire et le temps d’intubation trachéale durant l’induction durent enregistrés. Après l’incision cutanée, l’anesthésie fut maintenue avec le desflurane (environ / MAC) avec 60% de protoxyde d’azote et oxygène. La fréquence cardiaque et la pression artérielle systolique furent enregistrées en période de réveil, à environ 1 MAC avant et après l’incision cutanée et à travers la chirurgie. A la fin de la chirurgie, tous les anesthésiques furent cessés et les poumons furent ventilés avec 100% d’oxygène. Durant l’émergence, la concentration enfin d’expiration de desflurane fut enregistrée jusqu’à l’extubation. L’incidence des réponses réflexes des voies aériennes et les temps d’ouverture des yeux et l’extubation après la cessation du desflurane furent enregistrés. On a trouvé que durant l’induction de l’anesthésie, la rétension de la respiration est survenue chez 50% des patients, la toux chez 36%, le laryngospasme sévère ou modéré chez 30% et des sécrétions ayant requis la succion chez 7.6%. L’excitation fut observée chez 100% des bébés et enfants. La saturation artérielle d’oxygène (moyenne ±SD) a diminué à un niveau < à 90% chez 18% des enfants. Le temps (moyenne ±SD) du début de l’administration du desflurane jusqu ’à la perte du réflexe ciliaire était de 1,2 ±0,4 min et pour l’intubation tracheale, 4,6 ±1,2 min. La fréquence cardiaque et la pression artérielle systolique furent stables à travers la chirurgie. Le lavage washout du desflurane n ’était pas différent entre les six groupes. LaFa/Fao était de 0,14 ±0,05 à deux minutes et de 0,06 ±0,04 à cinq minutes après cessation du desflurane. Le temps à partir de la cessation du desflurane jusqu ’à l’extubation était plus grand chez les nouveau-nés, 6,6 min que chez les bébés plus âgés et les enfants, 4,5 à 5,8 min après approximativement 45 minutes de chirurgie (P < 0,05). Aucun des patients n’a démontré les réponses réflexes des voies aériennes après extubation. On conclut que même si le desflurane n ’est pas convenable pour l’induction de l’anesthésie chez les bébés et enfants, il maintient une stabilité hémodynamique durant la chirurgie et facilite une récupération rapide de la conscience sans stimuler les réponses réflexes des voies aériennes.
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Taylor, R.H., Lerman, J. Induction, maintenance and recovery characteristics of desflurane in infants and children. Can J Anaesth 39, 6–13 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03008665
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