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Electrocution during anaesthesia
Author(s) -
CHAMBERS J.J.,
SAHA A.K.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06273.x
Subject(s) - medicine , electrocution , laparotomy , resuscitation , anesthesia , surgery , medical emergency
Cardiac arrest due to electrocution occurred in a young obstetric patient undergoing laparotomy. The patient subsequently died despite initial resuscitation. The cause was traced to an inappropriate and faulty switch in the base of the operating table; the circuit was completed by the ECG monitor which was of the direct earth type.