An audit of anaesthetic fresh-gas flow rates and volatile anaesthetic use in a teaching hospital

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 116, Issue 1174, 2003, Pages

  Kennedy, Ross ^a,b   French, Richard ^a  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ANESTHESIA MECHANISM; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST CONTROL; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; REDUCTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ECONOMICS; INSTRUMENTATION; NEW ZEALAND; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANESTHESIA, CLOSED-CIRCUIT; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; ISOFLURANE; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHYL ETHERS; NEW ZEALAND; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 0037672772     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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