Impact of syringe size on the performance of infusion pumps at low flow rates

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 282-286

  Schmidt, Nadia ^a   Saez, Claudia ^b   Seri, Istvan ^c   Maturana, Andrés ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Equipment and supplies; Infusion pumps; Intensive care; Intravenous infusions; Newborn; Syringes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW RATE; GRAVIMETRY; INFUSION PUMP; LABORATORY TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYRINGE; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 77949462351     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PCC.0b013e3181c31848     Document Type: Article

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