A Comparative Study on the Airway Responses, Hemodynamic Parameters and Recovery using Sevoflurane and Desflurane via Laryngeal Mask Airway in Day Care Peadiatric Surgeries

This is a prospective randomised study conducted at Govt. General Hospital, Kurnool, to compare the airway responses, haemodynamic parameters and recovery characteristics using desflurane and sevoflurane administered via LMA for maintenance in paediatric day care surgeries. A 60 paediatric patients were divided into two groups. Sevoflurane group (group S) received sevoflurane 2% to 3% and patients in desflurane group (group D) received desflurane 6% to 8% for maintenance of anaesthesia. Descriptive statistics was done for all data and suitable statistical tests of comparison were done. These included the mean and Standard Deviation (SD) for quantitative variables analysed by Student?s t unpaired test. P value ?0.05 was considered statistically significant. Desflurane provides stable hemodynamics and respiratory variable on par with sevoflurane for maintenance of anaesthesia. Recovery is significantly faster in comparison to sevoflurane. Fast tracking is early with Desflurane complications are a bit more when compared with sevoflurane but there is no statistically significant difference between the two drugs.