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Respiratory gas conditioning is important to protect the lungs and is a universal standard of care. Cold and dry respiratory gases reduce ciliary activity in the respiratory epithelium. The reduction of mucociliary clearance can lead to atelectasis and infections, conditions referred to as postoperative pulmonary complications. Various studies demonstrated, that protective ventilation approaches allow the reduction in incidence of postoperative pulmonary complications (PPC). Warming and humidifying the respiratory gases using low-flow anaesthesia can reduce these negative effects on the respiratory epithelium.

Anesthesia providers can set targets for end-tidal oxygen (EtO2) and end-tidal anesthetic agent (EtAA), and the Et Control software2 will automatically and efficiently adjust fresh gas concentrations to quickly achieve and maintain these targets, even with changes in the patient’s hemodynamic and metabolic status. Providers can switch to manual fresh gas control at any time. Safety mechanisms help maintain targets, so providers can practice low-flow anesthesia with confidence.

The ecoFLOW feature shows how much anesthetic agent is being consumed and shows the anesthetic agent costs associated with each case. This features allows providers to track agent costs, helps support low-flow anesthesia practices and may help hospitals achieve their sustainability goals in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

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