Rapid sevoflurane induction compared with thiopental

Effect of Remifentanil on Tracheal Intubation Conditions and Haemodynamics in Children Anaesthetised with Sevoflurane and Nitrous Oxide

“…Inomata et al reported that the time to end-tidal sevoflurane concentrations of 4.5% (95% effective dose, 4.68%) was 213 seconds 15 . In several reports, induction time (the time to loss of eyelash reflex) of anaesthesia with sevoflurane was comparable to intravenous agents [17][18][19][20] . Nevertheless, the time for tracheal intubation with sevoflurane, over three minutes in previous reports, was longer than with traditional intravenous induction agents with neuromuscular blocking drugs.…”

Sevoflurane induction in cyanotic and acyanotic children with congenital heart disease

“…Since we did not have the correct equipment, we were not able to measure the arterial and endtidal sevoflurane partial pressures, which is a limitation of our study. Instead we used clinical criteria including time to loss of eyelash reflex and centralisation of pupils similar to the studies by Fernandez et al 11 and Lewis et al 12 In our study, the speed of induction using sevoflurane was slower and the duration to loss of eyelash reflex longer in cyanotic children with congenital heart disease when compared with the acyanotic children. This indicates that sevoflurane may induce anaesthesia at different speeds according to the direction of cardiac shunts if they exist.…”

Different effects on circulatory control during volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia and total intravenous anesthesia: autonomic nervous activity and arterial cardiac baroreflex function evaluated by blood pressure and heart rate variability analysis

“…Volatile induction and maintenance of anesthesia is commonly performed with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) [1][2][3][4][5][6]. On the other hand, TIVA is usually performed with propofol, a short-acting intravenous anesthetic, in combination with opioids [1,3,5,7,8].…”