Fires from the interaction of anesthetics with desiccated absorbent

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 769-774

  Laster, Michael ^a   Roth, Patricia ^a   Eger II, Edmond I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; DESICCATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; FIRE; HEATING; LUNG VENTILATION; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CALCIUM HYDROXIDE; DESICCATION; FIRES; ISOFLURANE; METHYL ETHERS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 4143050387     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000136553.69002.C9     Document Type: Article

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