The Alton Dean pressure infusor: an evaluation.
An automatically pressurised infusor system, the Alton Dean infusor, has been compared with two types (cloth and plastic) of commonly used pneumatically pressurised bags. All the infusors had reasonably accurate pressure gauges but pressure could only be consistently maintained with the cloth infusors or with the Alton Dean infusors when connected to a compressed air supply. Sequential fast infusions were possible with all infusors, but simultaneous infusions could be limited in number when the pressure infusor was connected directly to pipeline gas. One of the Alton Dean pressure infusors tested had a leak in the pressurisation system, and the pressure adjustment valves were difficult to manipulate. These may require modification.
Department of Anaesthetics, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
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Lalor
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Ortiz
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Holdcroft
D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D007260:Infusion Pumps / Q000592:standards*; D011312:Pressure; D013997:Time Factors