Episode 164: Keywords part 9: Fentanyl and Breathing Circuits
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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The Only Dead Space in a Circle System Is What Is Beyond the Y Piece
'mglad you ask this. It is the key to answering this as knowing that the only dead space in a circle system is what is beyond the y piece,' he says. 'So soon as you get to the wy piece, you now don't have dead space any more because your dividing', adds Dr Mearns. During anacesia using the bane circuit, which is mapleson,. D a p a c o two is independent of minute volume if fresh gas flow is greater than 17 milliters per kilogram and may be normal in presence of re breathing.
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