Aim: To assess the safety and cost effectiveness of a usage for seven days of breathing circuit systems (BCSs) in combination with heat moisture exchanger filters (HMEF) in operation room anesthesia

Assadian, Ojan

Daeschlein, Georg

Gibb, Andreas

Hübner, Nils-Olaf

Kobayashi, Hiroyoshi

Kohlheim, Ute

Lehmann, Christian

Musatkin, Sergei

German Medical Science

PubMed Central

English

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