A. Yu. Elizarov, A. I. Levshankov, “Mass-spectrometric monitoring of the intravenous anesthetic concentration in the breathing circuit of an anesthesia machine”, Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2011, Volume 81, Issue 4,Pages <nobr>155

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Mass-spectrometric monitoring of the intravenous anesthetic concentration in the breathing circuit of an anesthesia machine

A. Yu. Elizarov^a, A. I. Levshankov^b

^a Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg
^b Kirov Medical Force Academy, St. Petersburg

Abstract: Interaction between inhalational anesthetic sevoflurane and an absorber of CO$_2$ (soda lime) in the breathing circuit of an anesthesia machine during low-flow anesthesia (0.5 l of a fresh gaseous mixture per minute) is studied with the mass-spectrometric method. Monitoring data for the concentration of sevoflurane and three toxic products of sevoflurane decompositions (substances A, B, and C) during anesthesia in the inspiration-expiration regime are presented. The highest concentration of substance A is found to be 65 ppm. The biochemical blood analysis before and after anesthesia shows that nephropathy is related to the function of liver toxicity. It is found that inhalational anesthetic sevoflurane influences the concentration of intravenous hypnotic propofol in blood.

Received: 28.09.2010