MEASUREMENT OF METABOLIC GAS EXCHANGE DURING ANAESTHESIA
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- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 53 (1), 73-76
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/53.1.73
Abstract
A method is described for measuring metabolic gas exchange during general anaesthesia using a respiratory mass spectrometer, a mixing box and two inert tracer gases. Measurement of inspired and expired minute volume is possible to within 2% oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide output and respiratory quotient can be measured to within 10%.Keywords
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