The pressure required to force liquid through breathing system filters

Anaesthesia

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 492-497

  Cann, Clare ^a   Hampson, M A ^a   Wilkes, A R ^a   Hall, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BREATHING APPARATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; FILTER; LIQUID; MODEL; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; RECORDING; RESERVOIR; SAMPLE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBE; VENTILATOR;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROSTATICS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PERMEABILITY; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33645773210     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2006.04581.x     Document Type: Article

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