Preparation of the Dräger Fabius anesthesia machine for the malignant-hyperthermia susceptible patient

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1936-1945

  Gunter, Joel B ^a   Ball, John ^a   Than Win, Sean ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBENT; ACTIVATED CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

AMBIENT AIR; ANALYZER; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LUNG; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG CLEARANCE; FILTER; FLUSHING; GAS FLOW; KINETICS; MACHINE; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIDAL VOLUME; VAPORIZER; VENTILATOR; ANESTHESIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; METHYL ETHERS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 58149310852     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31818874d3     Document Type: Article

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