Isoflurane waste gas exposure during general anaesthesia: The laryngeal mask compared with tracheal intubation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 189-193

  Hoerauf, K H ^a   Koller, C ^a   Jakob, W ^a   Taeger, K ^a   Hobbhahn, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Anaesthetics volatile, isoflurane; Equipment, masks anaesthesia; Intubation tracheal

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; EYE SURGERY; GAS WASTE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROMETRY; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGEON; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030055723     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/77.2.189     Document Type: Article

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