A seventy year old patient is posted for a surgery which is likely to last 4–6 hours. The best inhalational agent of choice for maintenance of anaesthesia in such a case is –: (A) Methoxyflurane, (B) Ether, (C) Trichlorethylene, (D) Desflurane
Answer is D. "The rapid elimination of desflurane make it the inhalational anaesthetic of choice for elderly patients". — Morgan