Heat and moisture-exchanging filters for gas mixture conditioning in anaesthesia and intensive care in adults;Filtres échangeurs de chaleur et d'humidité pour le conditionnement des gaz inspirés en anesthésie-réanimation de l'adulte

Annales Francaises d'Anesthesie et de Reanimation

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 699-708

  Subayi, L ^a   Chergui, K ^a   Beydon, L ^a  

^a ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Exchanger; Filter; Humidification; Mechanical ventilation; Warming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; GAS MASK; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SPIROMETRY;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CROSS INFECTION; FILTRATION; HEAT; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RESUSCITATION; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 0031614122     PISSN: 07507658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0750-7658(98)80107-x     Document Type: Review

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