Managing fresh gas flow to reduce environmental contamination

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 114, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1093-1101

  Feldman, Jeffrey M ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ISOFLURANE; OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS FLOW; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; HUMAN; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPOR;

ANESTHESIA, CLOSED-CIRCUIT; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; GLOBAL WARMING; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84860298195     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0b013e31824eee0d     Document Type: Article

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