Open AccessForced-Air Warming Does Not Worsen Air Quality in Laminar Flow Operating Rooms
Author(s) -
Daniel I. Sessler,
Russell N. Olmsted,
Ruediger Kuelpmann
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/ane.0b013e318230b3cc
Subject(s) - laminar flow , forced air , airflow , medicine , air quality index , environmental science , ventilation (architecture) , flow (mathematics) , mechanics , meteorology , mechanical engineering , engineering , geography , physics
Warm air released by forced-air covers could theoretically disturb laminar airflow in operating rooms. We thus tested the hypothesis that laminar flow performance remains well within rigorous and objective standards during forced-air warming.
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