Title :
Measurement of in-vivo gas exchanges in inhalational anesthesia
Author :
Beams, David M. ; Sasse, Frank J. ; Webster, John G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas Univ., Tyler, TX, USA
Abstract :
We describe instrumentation which measures simultaneous in vivo exchanges of oxygen, nitrous oxide, and an inhalational anesthetic agent of patients undergoing inhalational anesthesia administered by an anesthesia machine with the circle-absorber breathing system
Keywords :
biomedical measurement; drug delivery systems; flow measurement; pneumodynamics; surgery; anesthesia machine; anesthetic agent; circle-absorber breathing system; in-vivo gas exchange measurement; inhalation anesthesia; isoflurane; laminar flow elements; nitrous oxide; oxygen; simultaneous in vivo exchanges; Anesthesia; Anesthetic drugs; Carbon dioxide; Circuits; Drives; Electric variables measurement; Gases; In vivo; Switches; Ventilation;
Conference_Titel :
[Engineering in Medicine and Biology, 1999. 21st Annual Conference and the 1999 Annual Fall Meetring of the Biomedical Engineering Society] BMES/EMBS Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the First Joint
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5674-8
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1999.803967
