A new device to reduce the consumption of a halogenated anaesthetic agent

Anaesthesia

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 429-432

  Enlund, M ^a,d   Wiklund, L ^b   Lambert, H ^c  

^a Univ Dept Anaesthesia Intensive C   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Hudson RCI AB ^*  (Sweden)

^d CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthetics: volatile; Equipment: breathing systems; heat and moisture exchangers; vaporisers

Indexed keywords

ISOFLURANE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERIC DIFFUSION; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BREATHING APPARATUS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FEMALE; HALOGENATION; HEAT EXCHANGE; HUMAN; MALE; MOISTURE; VAPORIZER; VOLATILIZATION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, CLOSED-CIRCUIT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; MALE;

EID: 0035011944     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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