Table 2.

The arterial blood, inspiratory, and end-tidal concentrations of desflurane during emergence from general anesthesia in gynecologic patients (N = 42).

Time (min)	-20	-10	0	5	Eye Opening	10	15	20
Arterial concentration	3.91 (0.37)	3.87 (0.35)	3.82 (0.45)	1.17 (0.29)	1.20 (0.30)	0.73 (0.16)	0.57 (0.18)	0.48 (0.17)
Inspiratory concentration	6.01 (0.14)	6.01 (0.12)	5.99 (0.11)	0.01 (0.04)	0.08 (0.13)
End-tidal concentration	5.62 (0.19)	5.61 (0.18)	5.62 (0.15)	1.02 (0.31)	0.96 (0.32)	0.54 (0.17)	0.43 (0.14)	0.33 (0.15)

The values are presented as means (SD). The mean time to eye opening was 5.2 (1.6) minutes.

0 min: Immediately prior to the discontinuation of 6% desflurane.