Simple On-Site Assembled Blower-Mister Device Provides Sufficient Humidification and Visualization in Off-Pump Surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1134-1136

  Wippermann, Jens ^a   Albes, Johannes M ^b   Liebing, Kai ^c   Breuer, Martin ^a   Kaluza, Mirko ^a   Strauch, Justus ^a   Wahlers, Thorsten ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Heart Center Brandenburg   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOWER MISTER DEVICE; CORONARY ARTERY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVICE; GAS FLOW; HUMIDIFIER; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE;

AEROSOLS; ANIMALS; BLOOD; CARBON DIOXIDE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS, OFF-PUMP; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PRESSURE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUS SCROFA; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33747333824     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2005.07.035     Document Type: Article

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