Cognitive dysfunction following desflurane versus sevoflurane general anesthesia in elderly patients: a randomized controlled trial

Conclusions For elderly patients in whom depth of anesthesia is maintained in the moderate range, both desflurane and sevoflurane are associated with transient decreases in cognitive function as measured by MMSE after anesthesia, with clinically insignificant differences between them in this setting. Trial registry ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01199913

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Source: Medical Gas Research - March 25, 2014 Category: Biomedical Science Source Type: research