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2. Anaesthetic machine - Wikipedia

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   hospitals and outpatient surgery centres. An anaesthetic machine ( British English) or anesthesia machine ( American English) is a medical device used to generate and mix a fresh gas flow of medical gases and inhalational anaesthetic agents for the purpose of inducing and maintaining anaesthesia. [1]

3. Desflurane - Wikipedia

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   Desflurane ( 1,2,2,2-tetrafluoroethyl difluoromethyl ether) is a highly fluorinated methyl ethyl ether used for maintenance of general anesthesia. Like halothane, enflurane, and isoflurane, it is a racemic mixture of ( R) and ( S) optical isomers ( enantiomers ). Together with sevoflurane, it is gradually replacing isoflurane for human use ...

4. Instruments used in anesthesiology - Wikipedia

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   Spinal needle. used for puncturing the spinal canal for injection of medications in spinal anaesthesia. Epidural catheter. used to administer medications into the epidural space. Syringe. to inject medications. Mucus sucker. to aspirate any fluid specially mucus from the respiratory passage. Variable performance devices.

5. Capnography - Wikipedia

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   Capnography is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide ( CO. 2) in the respiratory gases. Its main development has been as a monitoring tool for use during anesthesia and intensive care. It is usually presented as a graph of CO. 2 (measured in kilopascals, "kPa" or millimeters of mercury, "mmHg") plotted ...

6. Adjustable pressure-limiting valve - Wikipedia

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   The adjustable pressure-limiting valve on a General Electric Datex-Ohmeda Aisys anaesthetic machine, with pressure gradations shown in centimetres of water An adjustable pressure-limiting valve (commonly abbreviated to APL valve , and also referred to as an expiratory valve , relief valve or spill valve ) is a type of flow control valve used in ...

7. Blood–gas partition coefficient - Wikipedia

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   Blood–gas partition coefficient. Blood–gas partition coefficient, also known as Ostwald coefficient for blood–gas, [1] is a term used in pharmacology to describe the solubility of inhaled general anesthetics in blood. [2] According to Henry's law, the ratio of the concentration in blood to the concentration in gas that is in contact with ...

8. History of general anesthesia - Wikipedia

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   This particular machine is a "Flow-I" model, manufactured by Maquet. The "digital revolution" of the 21st century has brought newer technology to the art and science of tracheal intubation. Several manufacturers have developed video laryngoscopes which employ digital technology such as the CMOS active pixel sensor (APS) to generate a view of ...

9. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures to Launch Disabilities ...

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   The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will launch the Disabilities, Representation and Film program July 13 in commemoration of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which was signed into law in ...