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Hypoxia due to air in the oxygen pipeline
Author(s) -
THORP JOSEPHINE M.,
RAILTON R.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1982.tb01283.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hypoxia (environmental) , oxygen , pipeline (software) , mechanical engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
Summary A patient received an hypoxic anaesthetic gas mixture and made an uneventful recovery. The fault was traced to an air‐oxygen mixer valve in the Intensive Care Unit. An oxygen monitor in theatre would have detected the fault before the patient was anaesthetised.