Cuffed endotracheal tubes in children reduce sevoflurane and medical gas consumption and related costs

Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 855-858

  Eschertzhuber, S ^a   Salgo, B ^b   Schmitz, A ^b   Roth, W ^c   Frotzler, A ^b   Keller, C H ^d   Gerber, A C ^b   Weiss, M ^b  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^c General Hospital   (Germany)

^d SCHULTHESS CLINIC   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC GAS; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; SEVOFLURANE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GAS; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFANT; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PEDIATRICS; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT DURATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICES; DRUG COST; ECONOMICS; GAS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; GASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; METHYL ETHERS; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 77954354198     PISSN: 00015172     EISSN: 13996576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2010.02261.x     Document Type: Article

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