Cardiothoracic & vascular anaesthesia
Sevoflurane Consumption During Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation: The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Field Flooding
Authors' conclusion
CO2 field flooding significantly increases hourly sevoflurane consumption during ECC.
Study context
- Population
- Patients undergoing cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation (ECC) (coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), valve, combined CABG/valve, resternotomy), major teaching hospital, March–April 2026
- Participants
- 76 patients
- Exposure
- CO2 field flooding vs no flooding during ECC
- Outcome
- CO2 equivalent per hour
Methodological detailsroutinely collected clinical data, Perfusion time median 92 minutes
- Routinely collected clinical data
- Perfusion time median 92 minutes
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.
Original publication
Sevoflurane Consumption During Cardiac Surgery With Extracorporeal Circulation: The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Field Flooding. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 16 August 2026. doi:10.
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