Gent 1998
	Program of the third meeting of ALFA
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Friday 18th September
XENON ANESTHESIA  - Chairman  Professor AA Spence
Production and availability of Xenon	M Garrett British Oxygen Company	UK
Technical devices for xenon application	H Floetter Drager	Germany
Application techniques for xenon	Th. Marx	Germany
Clinical experience with xenon	R Tenbrinck	Netherlands
THE IN CIRCUIT VAPORISER - STILL USEFUL?    Chairman Dr T Young
Different types of vaporisers in-circuit	G Nunn	England
Practical use of vaporisers in circuit	J Baum	Germany
New Concepts on Gas Uptake in Low Flow / Closed Circuit	Ch Y Lin	USA
Saturday 19th September
THE NEW VOLATILE ANAESTHETICS SEVOFLURANE AND DESFLURANE - SUITABLE FOR LOW FLOW ANAESTHESIA? Chairman Professor J Baum
The influence of low solubility and kinetics on the practical use of low flow systems	M Logan	Scotland
Automatic feedback control in low flow anaesthesia systems	A Zbinden	Switzerland
Assisted breathing during inhalation anaesthesia with the Laryngeal Mask Airway.	N Harper	England
SODALIME AND ITS UNTOWARD REACTIONS    Chairman   Dr M Logan
Manufacturing of soda lime	R Dittmann (Drager)	Germany
Reactions of dry soda lime	H Forster	Germany
Formation of compound A with soda lime	G Rolly	Belgium
CLINICAL FEATURES OF LOW FLOW SYSTEMS
Use of the circle system in paediatrics	FJ Kretz	Germany
Influence of flow reduction on anaesthetic gas dilution	H Wissing	Germany
Heat and moisture exchangers versus flow reduction	JP Bengtson	Sweden
Pharmaco - economics of low flow / closed circuit anaesthesia	L Versichelen	Belgium
NEW TECHNICAL CONCEPTS FOR LOW FLOW / CLOSED CIRCUIT ANAESTHESIA
Electronic Control of Inspired gas Composition	J Baum	Germany

 The Third meeting of ALFA was held in Gent, in beautiful weather as ever. Your webmaster travelled there in a convertible Morris Minor.

The town was fabulous, and the hospitality and setting for the symposium were superb. Georges Rolly succeeded Alistair Spence as President of ALFA at this meeting.