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  • Thumbnail for Carbon dioxide scrubber
    A carbon dioxide scrubber is a piece of equipment that absorbs carbon dioxide (CO2). It is used to treat exhaust gases from industrial plants or from...
    15 KB (1,741 words) - 00:45, 6 August 2024
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    psychiatrists in a treatment called carbon dioxide inhalation therapy. The full mechanism of action of volatile anaesthetic agents is unknown and has been...
    15 KB (1,658 words) - 03:58, 2 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anaesthetic machine
    increased fresh gas flow to reduce carbon dioxide absorbent consumption in the absence of inhalational anaesthetics". British Journal of Anaesthesia. 125...
    28 KB (3,477 words) - 02:49, 19 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Carbon tetrachloride
    {CCl4 + 6KOH -> 4KCl + K2CO3 + 3H2O}}} When a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and carbon dioxide is heated to 350 degrees C, it gives phosgene: CCl 4 +...
    48 KB (5,026 words) - 17:42, 7 August 2024
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    A rebreather is a breathing apparatus that absorbs the carbon dioxide of a user's exhaled breath to permit the rebreathing (recycling) of the substantially...
    85 KB (8,718 words) - 00:33, 6 August 2024
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    devices. Exhaled gas is passed through a scrubber to remove carbon dioxide, and the anaesthetic vapour and oxygen are replenished as required before the...
    62 KB (6,509 words) - 11:55, 22 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Nitrous oxide
    equivalent to about 3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide: for comparison humans emitted 37 billion tonnes of actual carbon dioxide in 2019, and methane equivalent...
    96 KB (10,049 words) - 23:21, 1 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Anesthesia
    correct placement of airway management devices by auscultation and carbon dioxide detection; use of the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist; and safe onward...
    74 KB (8,535 words) - 02:08, 18 August 2024
  • Medical air Nitrous oxide Nitrogen Carbon dioxide Medical vacuum Waste anaesthetic gas disposal (US) or anaesthetic gas scavenging system (ISO) Source...
    7 KB (981 words) - 12:21, 21 March 2023
  • the air in each breath is available for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. Mammals breathe in and out of their lungs, wasting that part of the...
    16 KB (2,227 words) - 12:58, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Sodium bicarbonate
    baking as a leavening agent. When it reacts with acid or is heated, carbon dioxide is released, which causes expansion of the batter and forms the characteristic...
    56 KB (5,316 words) - 05:19, 23 July 2024
  • air to produce phosgene, dichloromethane, formyl chloride, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen chloride. Its half-life in air ranges from 55...
    59 KB (5,625 words) - 22:30, 30 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Venturi mask
    may lead to a reduction in their respiratory rate and retention of carbon dioxide, and ultimately to reduced consciousness or even death. The mechanism...
    5 KB (538 words) - 17:15, 17 August 2024
  • a medical device used to deliver oxygen, remove carbon dioxide, and deliver inhalational anaesthetic agents to a patient. Originally developed for use...
    10 KB (1,356 words) - 02:47, 19 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for 1,1,1-Trichloroethane
    global warming potential of 169 relative to carbon dioxide. This is nonetheless less than a tenth that of carbon tetrachloride — which it replaced as a solvent...
    17 KB (1,469 words) - 20:44, 14 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Soda lime
    purpose is to eliminate carbon dioxide (CO 2) from breathing gases, preventing carbon dioxide retention and, eventually, carbon dioxide poisoning. The creation...
    12 KB (1,310 words) - 13:16, 18 January 2024
  • acidosis is compensated for in the lungs, as increased exhalation of carbon dioxide promptly shifts the buffering equation to reduce metabolic acid. This...
    11 KB (1,300 words) - 06:25, 25 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Desflurane
    has been shown to react with the carbon dioxide absorbent in anesthesia circuits to produce detectable levels of carbon monoxide through degradation of...
    19 KB (1,564 words) - 19:32, 7 August 2024
  • have the properties and similar mode of action of general anesthetics. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an abundant gas produced as the final product of glucose metabolism...
    5 KB (547 words) - 07:15, 6 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for General anaesthesia
    concentrations. These monitors include measuring oxygen, carbon dioxide, and inhalational anaesthetics (e.g., nitrous oxide, isoflurane). Oxygen measurement:...
    68 KB (7,759 words) - 19:16, 20 July 2024
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