What does it take to start an oropharyngeal fire? Oxygen requirements to start fires in the operating room

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 227-230

  Roy, Soham ^a   Smith, Lee P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia safety; Fire; Operating room safety; Oropharyngeal surgery; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOW RATE; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OROPHARYNX FIRE; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROCOAGULATION; ELECTROSURGERY; FIRES; OPERATING ROOMS; OROPHARYNX; OXYGEN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 78650986515     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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