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Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain 2008 8(1):40-42; doi:10.1093/bjaceaccp/mkm054
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© The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia [2008]. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

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   Low flow anaesthesia
 

1. For an adult patient, a fresh gas flow of one l.min–1 comprising 25% oxygen and 75% nitrous oxide:
  1. Guarantees an FIO2 of at least 20%.
  2. Guarantees an FIO2 of at least 30%.
  3. Represents the minimum fresh gas oxygen fraction mandated by EU directives.
  4. May be administered safely using a closed system after one hour of anaesthesia.
  5. Will deliver the dialled concentration of volatile agent to the patient.

2. The following contain a stabilizer:
  1. Halothane.
  2. Sevoflurane.
  3. Desflurane.
  4. Nitrous oxide.
  5. Isoflurane.

3. The following must be known in order to calculate the rate of volatile agent consumption in g h–1:
  1. Liquid density of the volatile agent.
  2. Carrier gas flow rate.
  3. Saturated vapour pressure of the volatile agent.
  4. Molecular weight of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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