Activated charcoal effectively removes inhaled anesthetics from modern anesthesia machines

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1363-1370

  Birgenheier, Nathaniel ^a   Stoker, Robert ^a   Westenskow, Dwayne ^a   Orr, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANESTHESIA LEVEL; ANESTHETIC EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; BREATHING APPARATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALIGNANT HYPERTHERMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

EID: 79958149924     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318213fad7     Document Type: Article

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