Manchester 1994
Program of the first low flow meeting
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Manchester 1994 |
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Program of the first low flow meeting |
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| The History of Closed Circuit Anaesthesia | David White | England |
| Inhalational Agents: Measuring and Monitoring | Paul Beatty | England |
| Minimum Fresh Gas Flows for Non-Absorber Breathing Systems | George Meakin | England |
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| Clinical Experience of Low Flow Anaesthesia | Jan Baum | Germany |
| Desflurane: Pharmacology and Clinical Trials | Ronald Jones | England |
| The Challenge of Designing a Desflurane Vaporiser | Lucian Galbenu | England |
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| Low Flow Anaesthesia with Desflurane | Michael Logan | Scotland |
| Hepatotoxicity of Volatile Agents NO ABSTRACT AVAILABLE | Burnell Brown | USA |
| Clinical Trials with Sevoflurane | Ian Munday | England |
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| Methods of Drug Delivery | George Rolly | Belgium |
| Pharmaco-Economics of Drug Delivery | Brian Pollard | England |
| Ultimate Low Flow Anaesthesia (Poster presentation) | Miles Rucklidge | England |
NOTE WELL.
This meeting was held 9 years ago. Drug prices and practices have changed. Many of these abstracts should be read as historical documents.
That said, this meeting includes a very thorough account of the development of the TEC6 vaporiser and much other useful material.
Delegates came from 17 countries to attend this meeting. It was organised by Nigel Harper who prefaced the abstracts booklet with these words.
( His confidence expressed in the last sentence has been borne out.)
Fundamental changes in anaesthetic technique tend to gain acceptance over a number of years. It is probable that the 1990s will be remembered as the decade during which low-flow inhalational anaesthesia finally earned widespread and enduring popularity.
What are the factors that have rekindled such enthusiasm for a technique which is almost as old as anaesthesia itself ? First, there can be no doubt that the ability to measure reliably and inexpensively the concentration of the circulating gases and vapours has increased the confidence with which low-flow systems can be used. The spectres of a hypoxic mixture and excessively high or low concentrations of inhalational agents have been exorcised effectively. While the enthusiast may wish to calculate mathematically the desirable concentrations and flows, the availability of suitable monitors has encouraged a pragmatic, practical approach to low-flow anaesthesia. Second, the introduction of new drugs into anaesthetic practice invariably stimulates discussion regarding their cost effectiveness. Many factors affect the cost-per-case of inhalational agents; nonetheless, regardless of which agent is chosen, low-flow anaesthesia will be less expensive than high-flow anaesthesia.
Against this background of enthusiasm and interest, Low Flow Anaesthesia 1994 was held at the Postgraduate Health Sciences Centre at the Manchester Royal Infirmary in July 1994. This was a truly International meeting: no less than seventeen countries were represented. The excellence of the speakers was matched by the intelligence and eagerness with which delegates took part in discussions; both within the auditorium and in the trade exhibition. To speakers and delegates I should like to extend my gratitude.
I should like to thank those companies who sponsored this event so generously. Having stalled the ball rolling, I am confident that there is a need for an annual international symposium on Low-Flow Anaesthesia.
The background of this page is from an engraving of Stephen Hale's apparatus.
Page uploaded March 2003
