Comparative Clinical Study of Induction and Emergence Time in Sevoflurane and Enflurane Anesthesia

Recovery Parameters after Sevoflurane and Isoflurane Anesthesia

“…The blood-gas partition coefficient of sevoflurane is one-half to one-third that of isoflurane (0.69 vs 1.38). [3][4][5] This lower coefficient should result in a more rapid increase in alveolar drug concentration during induction of anesthesia, resulting in faster onset of effect than isoflurane. I t also will provide a more rapid change i n depth of anesthesia a n d faster decrease in alveolar concentration on termination, thus ensuring more rapid awakening than with isoflurane.…”