The contamination of volatile anaesthetics in an in-circle vaporizer with water during prolonged closed-circle anaesthesia.
The amount of water present in sevoflurane in an in-circle vaporizer after long procedures was measured. This demonstrated that the sevoflurane residue was contaminated with a small amount of water.
Harrison
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Featherstone Department of Anaesthesia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
D000764:Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004340:Drug Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008738:Methyl Ethers / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000077149:Sevoflurane; D014867:Water / Q000032:analysis*
D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D008738:Methyl Ethers; D014867:Water; D000077149:Sevoflurane