Ventilation impairment caused by upside-down connected unidirectional valves: A case report / 대한마취과학회지
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
; : 736-739, 2008.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
We experienced a case of ventilation impairment resulted by the wrong-assembled unidirectional valves passed the automatic checkout of ventilator during general anesthesia. A 63-year-old man was scheduled for Ivor-Lewis operation due to esophageal cancer. After endotracheal intubation, ventilation impairment and abdominal distension were developed. No abnormal finding was found with bronchofiberoscopic examination. Suspecting anesthetic equipment failure, unidirectional valves were separated and they were proved to be connected upside-down.
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Main subject:
Ventilation
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Esophageal Neoplasms
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Ventilators, Mechanical
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Equipment Failure
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Intubation, Intratracheal
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Anesthesia, General
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article