Recovery of older patients undergoing ambulatory anaesthesia with isoflurane or sevoflurane

Abstract

Isoflurane and sevoflurane anaesthesia resulted in similar clinical and neurocognitive recovery profiles in older patients undergoing ambulatory surgical procedures of short duration.

A Comparison of the Effects of Low and High Doses of Aminophylline on Recovery Time and the Bispectral Index Score Following Iso flurane Anesthesia

“…This volatile anesthetic can have adverse postoperative cognitive behavioral effects that may affect task performance; its rapid elimination may also speed up the postoperative recovery time, which in turn could reduce the discharge time in large and overcrowded operating rooms (1)(2)(3). Both pharmacologic (4) and non-pharmacologic (5-8) interventions have been reported to reduce recovery times.…”

Comparison of dexmedetomidine–propofol vs. fentanyl–propofol for laryngeal mask insertion

“…When used alone without premedication, propofol provides conditions for LM insertion that is far from satisfactory [5,8,9] and causes cardiorespiratory depression [8,10]. In order to decrease the adverse effects of propofol, opioids or muscular relaxants were added to reduce the propofol dose requirement [11][12][13][14]. Muscle relaxants were not found to be effective [15] and even found to increase the risk of aspiration [8].…”

Volatile anaesthetics and postoperative delirium in older surgical patients—A secondary analysis of prospective cohort studies

“…Furthermore, whether volatile anaesthetics (VAs) by themselves affect delirium risk is also uncertain. To date, only a few clinical studies have investigated the effect of VAs on postoperative cognitive outcomes with no conclusive findings . Given the ambiguous results generated thus far, we conducted a secondary data analysis to examine the effect of VAs on POD using a database created for prospective cohort studies in patients examining the pathophysiology of POD in older surgical patients.…”