Nitric oxide: Description of a pipeline delivery system

Anaesthesia

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 561-566

  Whiteley, S M ^a   Cohen, A T ^a   Laycock, D ^a   Arrowsmith, W M ^b   Henrys, P D ^c  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Arrowsmith and Associates   (United States)

^c Operating Standards   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Equipment; medical gas pipeleine; Gases; nonanaesthetic, nitric oxide; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; INTENSIVE CARE; MONITORING; PIPELINE; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030918833     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1997.140-az0144.x     Document Type: Article

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