title: Carbon dioxide absorption: toxicity from sevoflurane and desflurane.
abstract: The degradation of volatile anaesthetics by desiccated carbon dioxide absorbents can result in adverse outcomes. Desiccated carbon dioxide absorbent reacting with desflurane can cause potentially life-threatening intraoperative carbon monoxide exposure; the reaction with sevoflurane can cause the formation of several toxic breakdown products, e.g. compound A. Compound A-related renal toxicity in humans is still a matter of controversy.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Anesthesiologie, Intensivmedizin und Schmerztherapie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Bremerich
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dudziak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Behne