Comparative life cycle assessment of disposable and reusable laryngeal mask airways

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1067-1072

  Eckelman, Matthew ^a   Mosher, Margo ^b   Gonzalez, Andres ^b   Sherman, Jodi ^c  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCARBONATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; SILICONE;

ACIDIFICATION; AIR POLLUTANT; AIRWAY; AUTOCLAVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EUTROPHICATION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARYNGEAL MASK; OZONE DEPLETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SMOG; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EQUIPMENT REUSE; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MASKS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PRODUCT PACKAGING; STERILIZATION;

EID: 84860290696     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824f6959     Document Type: Review

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