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Anaesthetic safety with the carbon dioxide laser
Author(s) -
Wainwright A.C.,
Moody R.A.,
Carruth J.A.S.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb10249.x
Subject(s) - medicine , carbon dioxide laser , carbon dioxide , anesthesia , airway , tracheal tube , laser , laser surgery , optics , ecology , physics , biology
Summary The carbon dioxide laser, when used in the airway, poses the problem for the anaesthetist of the possibility of ignition of the tracheal tube. The means available to prevent this disaster are discussed.