Anesthesia-associated carbon monoxide exposures among surgical patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 352-356

  Pearson, Michele L ^a   Levine, William C ^b,c   Finton, Robert J ^c   Ingram, Charles T ^d   Gay, Kathleen B ^e   Tapelband, Gerda ^a   Smith, J David ^c   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; ANESTHETIC GAS; CARBON MONOXIDE; CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 0034893914     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501912     Document Type: Article

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