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Closed Circle Systems A New Direction in the Practice of Anesthesia
Author(s) -
Lin C. Y.,
Mostert J. W.,
Benson D. W.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1980.tb01563.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia
On the basis of the near‐constant uptake of inhalation anesthetics at the alveolar membrane, the large closedcircuit vohime which acts as a buffer, and the effect of concentration on uptake, we have evolved a simple and practical technique of closed‐circuit anesthesia. After initial high flow wash‐in of anesthetic gases into the FRC, a nearly constant low fresh‐gas flow can be maintained.