PMID: 3752575Sep 1, 1986Paper

Effect of age on the solubility of volatile anesthetics in human tissues

Anesthesiology
J LermanE I Eger

Abstract

To determine the effect of age on the solubility of volatile anesthetics in human tissues, the authors measured the solubilities of isoflurane, enflurane, halothane, and methoxyflurane in vitro at 37 degrees C in 35 postmortem human tissue specimens. Specimens were taken from neonates, and young (20-50 yr), middle-aged (50-70 yr), and elderly adults (greater than 70 yr). Brain/gas, heart/gas, and liver/gas partition coefficients for all four anesthetics increased significantly (P less than 0.05) between birth and adulthood, although brain/gas partition coefficients in young adults tended to be higher than those in middle-aged and elderly adults. Heart/gas and liver/gas partition coefficients tended to increase with aging. Muscle/gas partition coefficients for the four anesthetics increased linearly with age. Fat/gas partition coefficients did not change significantly with age. Tissue/blood solubilities for the four anesthetics were of the same order of magnitude for a given tissue and age group. Tissue/blood solubilities for enflurane were 30% lower than those for isoflurane in the same tissue and age group. In summary: the solubility of volatile anesthetics in human tissues increases with age; the lower solubility of anestheti...Continue Reading

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Jan 24, 2007·BMC Clinical Pharmacology·David G Levitt

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