A prospective study on anesthesia machine fault identification

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-156

  Larson, Eric R ^a   Nuttall, Gregory A ^a,b   Ogren, Brian D ^a   Severson, Dean D ^a   Wood, Sarah A ^a   Torsher, Laurence C ^a   Oliver, William C ^a   Marienau, Mary E Shirk ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIST; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MACHINE; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; INSTRUMENTATION; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847683720     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000250225.96165.4b     Document Type: Article

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