Fluid warming with parylene-coated enFlow cartridge: Bench and pilot animal study of aluminum extraction due to prolonged use
Objectives: Intravenous fluid warming devices with surface heating systems transfer heat using aluminum blocks, which if uncoated elute toxic levels of aluminum into the infusate. This study examined extractable aluminum detected from prolonged use of the updated version of the enFlow ® cartridge, w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-06-01
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| Series: | SAGE Open Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/20503121211026849 |