Fresh gas flow is not the only determinant of volatile agent consumption: A multi-centre study of low-flow anaesthesia

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 46-55

  Coetzee, J F ^a   Stewart, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, audit; Anaesthetics, volatile; Equipment, anaesthesia machines

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ENFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; GAS FLOW; GENDER; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REBREATHING; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036137589     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/88.1.46     Document Type: Article

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