Effect of Equilibrated Concentration on the Blood/gas Partition Coefficients of Volatile Anesthetics<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> 周建新 医学博士 Jianxin Zhou* 刘 进 教授 Jin Liu# *首都医科大学附属北京天坛医院ICU,北京,100050 #四川大学华西医院麻醉科,成都,610041 *Intensive Care Unit, Beijing TianTan Hospital, Capital University of Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100050 #Department of Anesthesiology, West China Hospital, West China Medical Center, Sichuan University, Sichuan, Chengdu, 610041 ABSTRACT Objective:To determine the effect of equilibrated concentration on the blood/gas partition coefficients of volatile anesthetics. Methods:Gaseous mixtures weree prepared as follows, each contained different concentration of anesthetics: 1) 6.15% desflurane and 2.1% enflurane; 2) 6.15% desflurane and 0.105% enflurane; 3) 2.2% isoflurane and 1.4% halothane; and 4) 2.2% isoflurane and 0.07% halothane. These mixtures were used as equilibrated gases. Blood/gas and normal saline/gas partition coefficients were measured by gas chromatography at 1 atm and 37℃. Results:For partition coefficients of desflurane or isoflurane, there were no significant differences between measured simultaneously with high and low equilibrated concentration of enflurane or halothane (P>0.05). And also no significant differences were found with partition coefficients of enflurane or halothane between measured at high and low equilibrated concentration (P>0.05). Conclusion:Over the range of equilibrated concentrations studied in this research (at approximately 0.5-2 MAC), we found no evidence of competitive binding between volatile anesthetics and blood constituents. Equilibrated concentration does not affect the measurement of blood/gas partition coefficients, and volatile anesthetics obey Henry's law. Key words:Anesthetics, Volatile;Blood/gas partition coefficient |