Smoke in the operating theater: An unregarded source of danger

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 458-463

  Hollmann, Ralph ^a   Hort, Christian E ^b   Kammer, Erich ^b   Naegele, Markus ^b   Sigrist, Markus W ^b   Meuli Simmen, Claudia ^b  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURFURAL; TOXIC GAS;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BREAST REDUCTION; BURN; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CAUTERIZATION; COMBUSTION; DEVICE; FLUE GAS; GAS ANALYSIS; INHALATION; MONOPOLAR ELECTROCAUTERY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKE; SPECTROMETER; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; AIR POLLUTANT; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; SPECTROSCOPY;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; FEMALE; FURALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OPERATING ROOMS; SMOKE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 4344713813     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000131886.72932.C3     Document Type: Article

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