Sevoflurane

Sevoflurane
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Trade namesUltane, others
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administration		Inhalation
Drug classAnesthetic
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Pharmacokinetic data
MetabolismLiver by CYP2E1
MetabolitesHexafluoroisopropanol
Elimination half-life15–23 hours
ExcretionKidney
Identifiers
  • 1,1,1,3,3,3-Hexafluoro-2-(fluoromethoxy)propane
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Chemical and physical data
FormulaC4H3F7O
Molar mass200.056 g·mol−1
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Density1.53 g/cm3
Boiling point58.5 °C (137.3 °F)
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Sevoflurane, sold under the brand name Sevorane, among others, is a sweet-smelling, nonflammable, highly fluorinated methyl isopropyl ether used as an inhalational anaesthetic for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. After desflurane, it is the volatile anesthetic with the fastest onset.[8] While its offset may be faster than agents other than desflurane in a few circumstances, its offset is more often similar to that of the much older agent isoflurane. While sevoflurane is only half as soluble as isoflurane in blood, the tissue blood partition coefficients of isoflurane and sevoflurane are quite similar. For example, in the muscle group: isoflurane 2.62 vs. sevoflurane 2.57. In the fat group: isoflurane 52 vs. sevoflurane 50. As a result, the longer the case, the more similar will be the emergence times for sevoflurane and isoflurane.[9][10][11]

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.[12]

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