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Low flow, minimal flow and closed circuit system inhalational anesthesia in modern clinical practice

  • MARCO VECIL1
  • CRISTINA DI STEFANO1
  • FRANCESCA ZORZI1
  • MASSIMILIANO SALTARINI 1
  • AMATO DE MONTE1

1,Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Santa Maria della Misericordia Piazzale Santa Maria della Misericordia

DOI: 10.22514/SV31.022008.7 Vol.3,Issue S1,February 2008 pp.33-36

Published: 01 February 2008

*Corresponding Author(s): AMATO DE MONTE E-mail: demonte.amato@aoud.sanita.fvg.it

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Abstract

Low, minimal flow and closed circuit anesthesia has been pursued since the beginning of the history of anesthesia. For many decades this form of anesthesia has been restricted to devoted enthusiasts and those very fond of gas kinetics. For most clinicians, selecting a fresh flow gas higher than 3-5 L/min was widely accepted as a routine anesthesia technique. The introduction onto the market of new volatile agents as well as advanced anesthesia machines accompanied by highly reliable monitoring systems, made minimal flow or closed system anesthesia feasible on a daily basis. Clinical, cultural, environmental, pharmacological, technological and economic reasons, force the modern anesthesiologist to reconsider the role of minimal flow and closed circuit volatile anesthesia, in clinical practice. This paper analyses the main advantages offered by these anesthesia techniques. 

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anesthesia, low flow, minimal flow, closed circuit, body temperature, humidification

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MARCO VECIL,CRISTINA DI STEFANO,FRANCESCA ZORZI,MASSIMILIANO SALTARINI ,AMATO DE MONTE. Low flow, minimal flow and closed circuit system inhalational anesthesia in modern clinical practice. Signa Vitae. 2008. 3(S1);33-36.

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