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So much has been written [1, 2] about the pharmacokinetics of volatile agents which should be known to most anesthesiologists today that here I will only summarize some of the more important facts as an introduction to the following detailed discussion of Isoflurane.
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Norlander, O. (1986). Pharmacokinetics of Volatile Agents — Isoflurane. In: Lawin, P., Van Aken, H., Puchstein, C. (eds) Isoflurane. Anaesthesiology Intensive Care Medicine/Anaesthesiologie und Intensivmedizin, vol 182. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-71230-2_3
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