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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Anaesthetic breathing circuit obstruction due to blockage of tracheal tube connector by a foreign body - two cases |
Author: | Foreman, M. J. Moyes, Donald George |
Citation: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 1999; 27 (1):73-75 |
Publisher: | Australian Society of Anaesthetists |
Issue Date: | 1999 |
ISSN: | 0310-057X |
School/Discipline: | School of Medicine : Anaesthesia and Intensive Care |
Statement of Responsibility: | M.J. Foreman, D. G. Moyes |
Abstract: | Two cases are presented which illustrate the disastrous consequences possible when an anaesthetic breathing circuit is obstructed by a foreign body. Despite reports of previous similar cases, work practices and equipment manufacture or design continue to allow for such events to occur. The importance of both pre-anaesthetic testing of the entire circuit including attachments such as the tracheal tube connector and filters, and the removal of these parts should obstruction occur, is emphasised. Use of “clear” transparent breathing circuit components and opaque or brightly coloured packaging and caps which could potentially cause obstruction should decrease the incidence and facilitate the diagnosis of this problem. |
Keywords: | techniques; equipment; breathing circuit; tracheal tube; complications; obstruction; foreign body; tracheal tube connector; crisis management |
Description: | Publisher's copy made available with the permission of the publisher © 1999 Australian Society of Anaesthetists |
Published version: | http://www.aaic.net.au/Article.asp?D=1998259 |
Appears in Collections: | Anaesthesia and Intensive Care publications |
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