Table 2

 Time in minutes and seconds for the glyceryl trinitrate infusion to pass through the dead space inside the cannula at different rates of infusion (0.6, 1.0, 2.0, 5.0 and 12.0 ml/h)

Cannula0.61.02.05.012.0
Blue1 min, 15 s0 min, 45 s23 s9 s4 s
Pink2 min, 31 s1 min, 30 s45 s18 s8 s
Green5 min, 5 s3 min, 3 s1 min, 32 s37 s15 s
Grey10 min, 13 s6 min, 8 s3 min, 4 s1 min, 14 s31 s
Orange14 min, 8 s8 min, 29 s4 min, 14 s1 min, 42 s42 s