Abstract
The use of volatile anesthetics as sedatives in the intensive care unit is relevant to the patient's outcome. We compared anesthetic gas consumption of the conventional semi-closed Aisys CS(TM) with the MIRUS(TM) system, which is the first anesthetic gas reflector system that can administer desflurane in addition to isoflurane and sevoflurane. We connected an artificial lung model to either a MIRUS(TM) system and a Puritan Bennett(TM) 840 ventilator or an Aisys CS(TM) anesthesia machine. We found that consumption of 0.5% isoflurane, which corresponds to the target concentration 0.5 MAC, was averaged to 2 mL/h in the MIRUS(TM) system, which is identical to the Aisys CS(TM) at a fresh gas flow (FGF) of 1.0 L/min. MIRUS(TM) consumption of 1% sevoflurane was averaged to 10 mL/h, which corresponds to 8.4 mL/h at FGF 2.5 L/min. The MIRUS(TM) system consumed 3% or 4% desflurane at an average of 13.0 mL/h or 21.3 mL/h, which is between the consumption at 1.0 L/min and 2.5 L/min FGF. Thus, the MIRUS(TM) system can effectively deliver volatile anesthetics in clinically relevant concentrations in a similar rate as a conventional circular breathing system at FGFs between 1.0 L/min and 2.5 L/min.