Accurate continuous drug delivery at low infusion rate with a novel microvolumetric infusion pump (MVIP): Pump design, evaluation and comparison to the current standard

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1133-1137

  Weiss, Markus ^a   Gerber, S ^a   Fuchslin R M ^b   Neff, T A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Equipment; infusion pump, microvolumetric

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EVALUATION; INFUSION PUMP; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PUMP DESIGN; SAFETY; STANDARD; STEADY STATE; SYRINGE; VOLUMETRY;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; SYRINGES;

EID: 7244251727     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03898.x     Document Type: Article

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