Our experience of the clinical use of desflurane

Abstract Despite the widespread use of inhalational anaesthetics in modern medical practice it is still unable to create an "ideal" anesthetic, which meets the following requirements--maximum performance, security, and manageability. Desflurane is an inhalational anaesthetic, which first appeared on Russian market in 2013, according to the specifications meet the above-mentioned requirements. The results of the use of Desflurane during anaesthesia in 157 patients of the Cancer Department and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the Burdenko Main Military Clinical Hospital are given. The main advantages are the rapid achievement of Desflurane required depth of anaesthesia, minimal effects on the cardiovascular system, good handling, fast and safe awakening of the patient after surgery, which can make it "anaesthetic of choice" for long surgical procedures and outpatient surgery.