Do new anesthesia ventilators deliver small tidal volumes accurately during volume-controlled ventilation?

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1392-1400

  Bachiller, Patricia R ^a   McDonough, Joseph M ^b   Feldman, Jeffrey M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LUNG COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATOR; ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INHALATION; INSTRUMENTATION; NEWBORN; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADULT; AIRWAY RESISTANCE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INHALATION; LUNG COMPLIANCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGY; TIDAL VOLUME; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 42449133803     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31816a68c6     Document Type: Article

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