ANESTHETIC MACHINES - MODELS AVAILABLE IN FRANCE - CRITERIA FOR CHOICE

Authors
OTTENI JC ANCELLIN J CAZALAA JB CLERGUE F FEISS P FOUGERE S NIVOCHE Y SAFRAN D
Citation
Jc. Otteni et al., ANESTHETIC MACHINES - MODELS AVAILABLE IN FRANCE - CRITERIA FOR CHOICE, Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation, 14(1), 1995, pp. 13-28
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Annales francaises d'anesthesie et de reanimation → ACNP
ISSN journal
07507658
Volume
14
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
13 - 28
Database
ISI
SICI code
0750-7658(1995)14:1<13:AM-MAI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
This update article discusses the criteria for the choice of an anaest hetic machine and provides a short analysis of the main components of the models commercialized in France in 1994, The following items are c onsidered : the design of the machine, the fresh gas delivery system, the anaesthesia breathing system(s), the ventilator and the waste gas scavenging system, the monitors associated with the machine and other criteria such as facility of learning to run the machine and of its da ily use, ease of << in-house >> maintenance and quality of after-sales service, cost of the machine and of its use (driving gas, disposable equipment).