Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26632785›Full record

ArticleJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS2015

Comparison of Traditional and Integrated Digital Anesthetic Vaporizers.

Frederick W Damen, Amelia R Adelsperger, Katherine E Wilson, Craig J Goergen

Open access · greenAbstract readComparative Study
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science : JAALAS, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Opioid Overdose Detection in a Murine Model Using a Custom-Designed Photoplethysmography Device.Ingenierie et recherche biomedicale : IRBM = Biomedical engineering and research · 2023
    Article
  2. Application of 4-D ultrasound-derived regional strain and proteomics analysis inAmerican journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology · 2023
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Cardiac and respiratory-gated volumetric murine ultrasound.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2018
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Biomedical optics express · 2017
    Article
  13. Use of a Low-flow Digital Anesthesia System for Mice and Rats.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2016
    Article
  14. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Frederick W DamenWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Amelia R AdelspergerWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
Katherine E WilsonWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA; Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA.
Craig J GoergenWeldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA. cgoergen@purdue.edu.
Purdue University West Lafayette · US

Funding

Interdisciplinary Bioengineering Training in Diabetes ResearchT32DK101001 · NIDDK · PURDUE UNIVERSITY · PI EVANS-MOLINA, CARMELLA, VOYTIK-HARBIN, SHERRY L · 2013 to 2022
$1.6M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent efforts have focused on mitigating anesthetic gas emissions during laboratory animal experiments. A recently developed, digitally controlled, integrated digital vaporizer (IDV) using a syringe pump has been designed to use and administer anesthetic gas to mice and rats more efficiently. The entire IDV system can be placed on a laboratory bench, requires fewer charcoal filters to act as passive scavengers when used at a low gas flow rate, and does not need compressed gas to operate, a requirement for traditional passive systems. The objective of this study was to compare isoflurane usage between a traditional vaporizer (TdV) and an IDV system at both the same settings and those recommended by the manufacturer. We used 10 C57BL/6 male mice and administered isoflurane through either nose cones or tracheal tubes connected to a pulsatile ventilator. The results showed that isoflurane usage is highly dependent on the flow rate of the carrier gas, but the IDV system was more precise and handled low flow rates (150 mL/min) better than did the TdV system. We observed only slight differences in heart rate, respiration rate, core body temperature, time to loss of the righting reflex, and recovery time between group averages for both systems when set to manufacturer-recommended settings. Although observed decreased levels of waste anesthetic gas at low flow rates are expected from the IDV system, further work is needed to assess environmental anesthetic gas levels and exposure to laboratory personnel.

Indexed as

Anesthesia, InhalationAnimalsIsofluraneMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNebulizers and VaporizersSpecific Pathogen-Free OrganismsIsoflurane

Identifiers

PMID26632785
PMCPMC4671791
OpenAlexW2184206312

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.