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Anaesthesia

Title:		The contamination of volatile anaesthetics in an in-circle vaporizer with water during prolonged closed-circle anaesthesia
Author(s):		Harrison, G. R.
Address:		Featherstone Department of Anaesthesia, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TH, UK.
Year:		2000 Aug
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		791-2
Language:		eng
Volume:		55
Issue:		8
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2409 (Print). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		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.