Preparation of modern anesthesia workstations for malignant hyperthermia-susceptible patients: A review of past and present practice

Anesthesiology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 205-212

  Kim, Tae W ^a   Nemergut, Michael E ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANESTHETIC GAS; DESFLURANE; HALOTHANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE; SUXAMETHONIUM;

ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DETOXIFICATION; HUMAN; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650716517     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3181ee2cb7     Document Type: Review

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