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Question of the week..Think of Inhalational agents


An odourless inhalational anaesthetic has the following properties:
oil: gas partition coefficient = 1.9
blood:gas partition coefficient = 0.14
MAC = 71%
boiling point = -108 °C
It is non-irritant to the airway and is not metabolised.


Which of the following is most likely to be true of this agent?

A - More likely to produce hepatotoxicity than desflurane
B - Less volatile than desflurane
C - Potency greater than isoflurane
D - Slower offset than sevoflurane
E - Speed of onset faster than nitrous oxide



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