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Leak in the breathing circuit: CO2 absorber and human error.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20155306     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A couple of reports in literature have mentioned CO2 absorbers to be the cause for breathing circuit leak during anesthesia. Defective canister, failure to close the absorber chamber and overfilling of the chamber with sodalime were the problems in these reports. Among these, the last two are reports of human error resulting in problems. We report a case where despite taking precautions in this regard, we experienced a significant leak in the system due to a problem with the CO2 absorber, secondary to human error.
Authors:
Goneppanavar Umesh; Kaur Jasvinder; Roy Sagarnil
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2010-02-13
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of clinical monitoring and computing     Volume:  24     ISSN:  1573-2614     ISO Abbreviation:  J Clin Monit Comput     Publication Date:  2010 Apr 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-03-30     Completed Date:  2010-08-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9806357     Medline TA:  J Clin Monit Comput     Country:  Netherlands    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  143-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576104, India. drumeshg@yahoo.co.in
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit / instrumentation*
Carbon Dioxide / isolation & purification*
Equipment Failure Analysis
Humans
Medical Errors / prevention & control*
Middle Aged
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide

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