Ambient isoflurane pollution and isoflurane consumption during intensive care unit sedation with the Anesthetic Conserving Device

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 585-590

  Sackey, Peter V ^a   Martling, Claes Roland ^a   Nise, Gun ^b   Radell, Peter J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambient isoflurane pollution; Anesthetic Conserving Device; Isoflurane consumption; Scavenging efficacy; Sedation

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ISOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ANESTHETIC CONSERVING DEVICE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DOSIMETER; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GAS WASTE; HEAD; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGISTER; SAMPLING; SEDATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARDIZATION; SYRINGE; TIME; UNIVERSITY; VAPORIZER; VENTILATOR; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; GAS SCAVENGERS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ISOFLURANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 14944345419     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000156294.92415.E2     Document Type: Article

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