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The modern-day anesthesia work station integrates most of the components necessary for the safe delivery of anesthesia into one unit which consists of medical gas supply, anesthesia machine, vaporizers, ventilators, breathing system, scavenging system, and monitors. The anesthesia machine provides delivery of medical gases supplied at high pressure from two sources, in known concentration, to a common gas outlet and incorporates safety devices. An understanding of the components of the anesthesia machine, the daily machine check, and the circuit test before each case is essential for the safe delivery of anesthesia.
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Govindaraj, R. (2017). Machine: Schematic. In: Raj, T. (eds) Data Interpretation in Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55862-2_83
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