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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0484-7903</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de anestesiología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. mex. anestesiol.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0484-7903</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Colegio Mexicano de Anestesiología A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0484-79032023000100032</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/108620</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El resurgimiento del metoxiflurano en México]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The resurgence of methoxyflurane in Mexico]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cortés-Castillo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nancy Grisel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Carrillo-Torres]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Orlando]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Camacho-Vacherón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Verónica]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General de México «Dr. Eduardo Liceaga»  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>46</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>32</fpage>
<lpage>37</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0484-79032023000100032&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El metoxiflurano es un anestésico halogenado que se utilizó hace varias décadas para anestesia general balanceada y que actualmente está indicado para otorgar sedación controlada por el paciente. Este medicamento se encuentra actualmente a la venta en la República Mexicana, por lo que recordar las características que lo hacen diferente a otros halogenados, su farmacocinética y su utilidad para distintos escenarios proporciona el conocimiento adecuado para su uso en la práctica clínica.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Methoxyflurane is a halogenated anesthetic that was used decades ago for a balanced general anesthesia and is currently indicated for patient-controlled sedation. This drug is currently on sale in the Mexican Republic, so remembering the characteristics that make it different from other halogenated drugs, its pharmacokinetics and its usefulness for different scenarios provides knowledge for use in clinical practice.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[metoxiflurano]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[sedación]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[halogenado]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[methoxyflurane]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[sedation]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[halogenated]]></kwd>
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