Figure 70-14 Behavior of an ideal Fluotec vaporizer at 1 and 3 ATA. If the ratio of the O2 flow (anesthetic vaporizer flow/bypass flow) is unchanged at different ambient pressures, it can be seen that the partial pressure of halothane delivered at the exit of the vaporizer is constant. (From Smith RM: Anesthesia during hyperbaric oxygenation. Ann N Y Acad Sci 117:768, 1965.)


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