Small carbon monoxide formation in absorbents does not correlate with small carbon dioxide absorption

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 650-655

  Knolle, Erich ^a   Heinze, Georg ^a   Gilly, Hermann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON MONOXIDE; ISOFLURANE; POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DRUG DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0036714590     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/00000539-200209000-00029     Document Type: Article

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