Understanding anesthesia equipment: construction, care, and complications. /
Jerry A. Dorsch and Susan E. Dorsch.
- 2nd ed.
- Philadelphia : Williams & Wilkins, c1984.
- xv, 458 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Compressed gas containers -- Medical gas piping systems -- The Anesthesia machine -- Vaporizers -- The breathing system: I.General considerations -- The breathing system: II.The mapleson systems -- The breathing system: III.Systems employing non-rebreathing valves -- The breathing system: IV.The circle system -- Controlling trace gas levels -- Hazards of anesthesia machines and breathing systems -- Face masks and airways -- Laryngoscopes -- Endotracheal tubes -- Equipment checking and maintenance -- Cleaning and sterilization.
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Anesthesiology--Apparatus and instruments. Anesthesiology--Instrumentation.