Xenon consumption during general surgery: a retrospective observational study.
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SUBMITTER: Stoppe C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3733954 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun
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Xenon consumption during general surgery: a retrospective observational study.
Stoppe Christian C Rimek Achim A Rossaint Rolf R Rex Steffen S Stevanovic Ana A Schälte Gereon G Fahlenkamp Astrid A Czaplik Michael M Bruells Christian S CS Daviet Christian C Coburn Mark M
Medical gas research 20130611 1
<h4>Background</h4>High costs still limits the widespread use of xenon in the clinical practice. Therefore, we evaluated xenon consumption of different delivery modes during general surgery.<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 48 patients that underwent general surgery with balanced xenon anaesthesia were retrospectively analysed according to the mode of xenon delivery during maintenance phase (ECO mode, AUTO mode or MANUAL mode).<h4>Results</h4>Xenon consumption was highest during the wash-in phase (9.4 ...[more]
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