Anaesthesia equipment for resource-poor environments

Anaesthesia

Volumn 62, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages 54-60

  McCormick, B A ^a,b   Eltringham, R J ^c  

^a ROYAL DEVON AND EXETER NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^c GLOUCESTERSHIRE ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HALOTHANE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; OXYTOCIN; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANALYZER; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; CAPNOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FLOWMETER; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITAL EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; PATIENT SAFETY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PULSE OXIMETER; PULSE OXIMETRY; REVIEW; STANDARD;

ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHESIOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; OXYGEN;

EID: 35349029814     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: 13652044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05299.x     Document Type: Review

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