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TO-AND-FRO SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
CONT

In the to-and-fro system these various components [of the closed anesthetic system] are arranged in a linear fashion, and the gases pass from one end to the other and back again, with the patient breathing in and out of the system at one end only. ... there is complete rebreathing.

Key term(s)
  • to and fro

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
CONT

Le va-et-vient. [...] il est constitué, comme le système semi-fermé, avec une pièce de raccordement, un ballon et une soupape de surpression. Mais un bac à chaux sodée est interposé entre le ballon et la soupape. Les gaz expirés passant sur la chaux sodée lors de l'expiration et lors de l'inspiration lui ont fait donner le nom de va-et-vient.

Spanish

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