Effects of gas flow management on postintubation end-tidal anesthetic concentration and operating room pollution

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 228-232

  Siker, Daniel ^a   Sprung, Juraj ^a   Escorcia, Eduardo ^b   Koch, Robert ^a   Vukcevich, Milan ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Saint Gobain Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Anesthetic gases; Halothane; Induction; Inhalational; Monitoring badge; Nitrous oxide; Operating room pollution

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; GAS FLOW; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; OPERATING ROOM; PERSONAL MONITOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HALOTHANE; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; LARYNGEAL MASKS; NITROUS OXIDE; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VENTILATION;

EID: 0030963044     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00030-5     Document Type: Article

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