Ottawa, Ontario—Despite popular notions to the contrary, sevoflurane is not superior to isoflurane with respect to clinically important outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a team of Canadian researchers has concluded.
“A lot of anesthesia research focuses on the sexy things: new drugs, new devices, new interventions,” said Philip M. Jones, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. “But as cardiac