Figure 9-13 Vapor pressure versus temperature curves for desflurane, isoflurane, halothane, enflurane, and sevoflurane. The vapor pressure curve for desflurane is steeper and shifted to higher vapor pressures compared with the curves for other contemporary inhaled anesthetics. (From inhaled anesthetic package insert equations and from Susay SR, Smith MA, Lockwood GG: The saturated vapor pressure of desflurane at various temperatures. Anesth Analg 83:864–866, 1996.)


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