Anaes Vivas · Vaporisers
Equipment viva — the desflurane vaporiser
An equipment viva on the desflurane vaporiser — the heated (39 degrees), pressurised (2 bar), electronically metered chamber, the absence of a bypass, and the contrast with the mechanical plenum vaporiser.
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Prompt
A desflurane vaporiser (a Tec 6 / D-tec) mounted on the anaesthetic machine's back bar. Describe its design, its operation, and how it differs from the vaporiser beside it.
Stimulus
This is a desflurane vaporiser (a Tec 6 / D-tec type) on the back bar, mounted next to a standard sevoflurane plenum vaporiser. Describe its design and its operation, and explain why it is so different from the vaporiser beside it.
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- [13]Miller D. The Tec 6 vaporizer: why desflurane needs to be heated. AANA Journal, 1994.PMID 7879584
- [2]Tiviraj S, et al. Development of An Assessment Test for An Anesthetic Machine. J Med Assoc Thai, 2016.PMID 27501622