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Carbon dioxide—a survey of its use in anaesthesia in the UK
Author(s) -
Razis P. A.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2044.1989.tb11294.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , carbon dioxide , ecology , biology
Summary A random postal survey of 1528 anaesthetists in the UK was performed to assess their use of carbon dioxide in anaesthesia and opinion on its safety. Of 1100 replies (72% response rate), 60.9% used it daily and 77.1% would object to its exclusion from future anaesthetic machines. There was no consistent age‐related trend with regard to its use or opinion on its removal. 62.9% of anaesthetists did not regard its presence on the anaesthetic machine as hazardous, but 81.8% agreed that a limit to the maximum flow of carbon dioxide delivered to one litre/minute would improve safety.