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Anaesthetic vaporiser

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An anaesthetic vaporiser is a device generally attached to an anaesthetic machine which delivers a given concentration of a volatile anaesthetic agent.

The design of these devices takes account of varying:

  1. ambient temperature
  2. fresh gas flow
  3. agent vapor pressure
Last updated: 05-22-2005 04:49:32