Flow rate, syringe size and architecture are critical to start-up performance of syringe pumps

European Journal of Anaesthesiology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 602-608

  Neff, S B ^a,b   Neff, T A ^b   Gerber, S ^a   Weiss, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equipment and supplies; Infusion pumps; Syringes

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; FLOW RATE; GRAVIMETRY; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION RATE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEADY STATE; SYRINGE; TIME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; PEDIATRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RHEOLOGY; SYRINGES; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 85047699866     PISSN: 02650215     EISSN: 13652346     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0265021507000026     Document Type: Article

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