Reducing wastage of inhalation anesthetics using real-time decision support to notify of excessive fresh gas flow

Anesthesiology

Volumn 118, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 874-884

  Nair, Bala G ^a   Peterson, Gene N ^a   Neradilek, Moni B ^a   Newman, Shu Fang ^a   Huang, Elaine Y ^b   Schwid, Howard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Mountain Whisper Light Statistics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESFLURANE; ISOFLURANE; SEVOFLURANE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FRESH GAS FLOW; GAS FLOW; INCISION; INHALATION ANESTHESIA; MINIMUM LUNG ALVEOLUS CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ANESTHESIA, INHALATION; ANESTHETICS, INHALATION; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; ISOFLURANE; METHYL ETHERS; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE;

EID: 84875888916     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: 15281175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ALN.0b013e3182829de0     Document Type: Article

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