title: Anesthesia systems.
abstract: We evaluated twelve disposable pressure transducers from eleven manufacturers. All were rated Acceptable and were ranked in four groups. The first two groups had similar performance characteristics. Groups three and four were ranked primarily according to the effect of fluid spills and the ease of achieving accurate dynamic response.
mesh_terms: D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D012122:Ventilators, Mechanical / Q000592:standards*