Contemporary anesthesia ventilators incur a significant "oxygen cost"

Canadian Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 616-620

  Klemenzson, Gudmundur K ^a   Perouansky, Misha ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

AIR; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LUNG COMPLIANCE; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 3042745551     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03018405     Document Type: Article

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