The Effects of Low Flow and Normal Flow Desflurane Anesthesia
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2022-03-30
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Aging is a physiological process. In the elderly, loss of functional reserve in all organ
system, regression in anabolic processes and increase in catabolic processes are observed s
(1). The number of geriatric patients is also increasing in our country. Technological
developments in anesthesia and surgery technics show that we will provide medical services to
more elderly patients over time(2). Cystatin C is excreted only by the kidney (7, 8). Serum
cystatin C level is not affected by body muscle mass, age and gender. The half-life is short.
Because of all these features, it is thought to be more sensitive than creatinine in
evaluating kidney functions (8,9). In this study, it was aimed to compare the effects of low
flow and normal flow desflurane anesthesia applied in geriatric patients on postoperative
liver and kidney functions and serum cystatin C levels.