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Chapter 2 - Anesthesia Delivery Systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2025

By
Giacomo Scorsese ,
Bryan Hill ,
Jeron Zerillo  and
Morgane Factor
Edited by
Dharti Patel ,
Sang J. Kim ,
Himani V. Bhatt  and
Alopi M. Patel
Dharti Patel
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals, New York
Sang J. Kim
Affiliation:
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
Himani V. Bhatt
Affiliation:
Mount Sinai West and Morningside Hospitals, New York
Alopi M. Patel
Affiliation:
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Jersey
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Summary

An anesthesia machine has numerous parts that allow for the safe delivery of anesthetic gasses. This chapter discusses the composition of an anesthesia machine and the many facets of its delivery system from the composition of a ventilator to the modes of gas delivery, and high yield equations regarding vapor output.

Keywords

Ventilatoranesthesia delivery systemmapleson circuitvaporizerCO2 absorbent
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BASIC Essentials
A Comprehensive Review for the Anesthesiology BASIC Exam
 , pp. 11 - 15
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Further Reading

American Society of Anesthesiologists. Check-Out: A Guide for Preoperative Inspection of an Anesthetic Machine. American Society of Anesthesiologists, 1987; pp 1–14.Google Scholar
American Society of Anesthesiologists. Standards for basic anesthetic monitoring. (Last affirmed October 20, 2020; original approval October 21, 1986.) Available at: www.asahq.org/standards-and-guidelines/standards-for-basic-anesthetic-monitoring.Google Scholar
ASA Committee on Equipment and Facilities. 2008 Recommendations for Pre-Anesthesia Checkout Procedures. American Society of Anesthesiologiest, 2008. Available at: https://psnet.ahrq.gov/issue/2008-recommendations-pre-anesthesia-checkout-proceduresGoogle Scholar
Brockwell, RC, Andrews, JJ. Delivery systems for inhaled anesthetics. In Barash, PG, Cullen, BF, Stoetling, RK, editors. Clinical Anesthesia, 5th ed. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2006; pp 557–594.Google Scholar
Bokoch, MP, Weston, SD. Inhaled anesthetics: delivery systems. In Gropper, MA, editor. Miller’s Anesthesia, 9th ed. Elsevier, 2020; chapter 22, pp 572–637.Google Scholar
Conway, CM. Anaesthetic breathing systems. Br J Anaesth 1985 Jul;57(7):649–657. doi: 10.1093/bja/57.7.649. PMID: 3925973.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Kharasch, ED, Fink, EJ Jr, Artru, A, et al. Long-duration low-flow sevoflurane and isoflurane effects on postoperative renal and hepatic function. Anesth Analg 2001;93(6):1511–1520, table of contents.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Miller, RD, Roth, P. Anesthesia delivery systems. In Pardo, MC, editor. Basics of Anesthesia, 7th ed. Elsevier, 2018; chapter 15, pp 220–238.Google Scholar

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