Performance of the universal portable anesthesia complete vaporizer with mechanical ventilation in both drawover and pushover configurations

Military Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-163

  Hawkins, John K ^a   Phillips, William J ^a   Ciresi, Salvatore A ^a  

^a WOMACK ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATHING RATE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; RELIABILITY; RESUSCITATION; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 2642611100     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/milmed/163.3.159     Document Type: Article

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