Fluoride-Containing Metabolites after Methoxyflurane Anesthesia,
Abstract
Methoxyflurane (2,2-dichloro-1,1-difluoroethyl methyl ether) has been used for about 12 years for analgesia and anesthesia in surgery and obstetrics. Interest in methoxyflurane fluorometabolites arose when markedly elevated serum fluoride concentrations in a nephrotoxic patient were traced to the use of methoxyflurane anesthesia for surgery. These high fluoride levels were peculiar in that the ionselective fluoride electrode did not detect a substantial part of the fluoride until after its separation from the sample by the hexamethyldisiloxane-acid diffusion method. This finding suggested that inorganic fluoride (F) was not the only form present in the samples and that an organic acid-labile fluorometabolite (OALF) was also present. The objective of this research is to find out whether there are two discrete fluorometabolites, what their concentrations usually are in patients without renal failure, and whether they bear a constant relationship with each other.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0751430
Entities
People
- Bill W. Fry
- Donald R. Taves
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory