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Research Article| Volume 21, ISSUE 2, P163-168, February 1966

The assessment of halothane vaporizers in conjunction with demand-flow anesthetic machines

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      Abstract

      Four halothane vaporizers produced for continuous-flow methods and two specifically designed for use with demand-flow machines were investigated with regard to their efficacy in vaporization with demand flow. None of the vaporizers investigated was accurate, but, apart from the Goldman vaporizer, none could be said to deliver excess increments of halothane with regular changes of the vaporizer setting.
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