Forced-air warming does not worsen air quality in laminar flow operating rooms

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1416-1421

  Sessler, Daniel I ^a   Olmsted, Russell N ^b   Kuelpmann, Ruediger ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Saint Joseph Mercy Health System   (United States)

^c BEUTH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR PARTICLE CONTROL; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCED AIR WARMING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INCISION; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; OPERATING ROOM; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKE; SURGEON; WARMING;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; HEATING; HUMANS; OPERATING ROOMS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 82255191632     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e318230b3cc     Document Type: Article

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