The effects of fresh gas flow on the amount of sevoflurane vaporized during 1 minimum alveolar concentration anaesthesia for day surgery: A clinical study

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 290-293

  Ekbom, K ^a   Assareh, H ^b   Anderson, R E ^a   Jakobsson, Jan G ^c,d  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Sabbatsberg Hospital   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d Akademikliniken ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia; Day surgery; Fresh gas flow; Nitrous oxide; Seroflurane

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; SEVOFLURANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COST; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; GAS FLOW; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPORIZER;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYL ETHERS; MIDDLE AGED; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; TIDAL VOLUME;

EID: 33847080857     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2006.01235.x     Document Type: Article

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