A prospective randomized multicenter comparative study of BLM-240 (desflurane) versus sevoflurane in Japanese patients

The present study was conducted to evaluate the efficacy and safety of BLM-240 (desflurane) in comparison to sevoflurane in Japanese patients. A total of 216 patients were enrolled in this randomized comparative study at 15 medical institutions. The patients received either BLM-240 with 50–70 % N2O in O2 (n = 111), BLM-240 with 30 % O2 in air (n = 55), or sevoflurane with 50–70 % N2O in O2 (n = 50). Efficacy was evaluated by an efficacy rate...