The response of anesthetic agent monitors to trifluoromethane warns of the presence of carbon monoxide from anesthetic breakdown

Journal of Clinical Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 149-155

  Woehlck, Harvey J ^a,b   Dunning III, Marshall B ^a   Kulicr, Alexander H ^a   Sasse, Frank J ^b   Niihipaîaikom, Käsern ^b   Henry, Daniel W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthetics; Carbon monoxide; Infrared; Inhalation; Intraoperative monitoring; Mass spectrum analysis; Raman spectrum analysis; Spectrum analysis; Trifluoromethane

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETICS; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; CARBON MONOXIDE; FLUOROCARBONS; INFRARED DETECTORS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

ANESTHESIA GAS MONITORING; INFRARED MONITORS;

PATIENT MONITORING;

CARBON MONOXIDE; DESFLURANE; FLUOROFORM; ISOFLURANE;

ABSORPTION; AIR MONITORING; ALARM MONITORING; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DRUG MONITORING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS, METHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0031148333     PISSN: 07481977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007390722425     Document Type: Article

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