Waste gas monitor reduces wasted volatile anesthetic

Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 287-293

  Euliano, Tammy Y ^a,c   Van Oostrom, Johannes H ^a   Van Der Aa, Jan ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia: volatile anesthetics, waste, cost, monitor, fresh gas flow rate; Education: anesthesiology

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA REDUCTION; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

WASTE GAS MONITOR;

PATIENT MONITORING;

DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; GAS FLOW; GAS WASTE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MONITOR; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; COST CONTROL; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS;

EID: 0032697872     PISSN: 13871307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009963021363     Document Type: Article

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