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- Title
Move the anesthesia workstation cautiously!
- Authors
Dubey, Prakash K.
- Abstract
The article describes the case of a 65-year-old male patient who experienced an erroneous drop in end tidal carbon dioxide level during a decompression procedure due to damage of the sampling tube during general anesthesia. Particular focus is given to anesthetic administration, as well as tracheal intubation. Also mentioned are patient and anesthesia workstation repositioning, causes of dual wave form capnogram, and safety implications of workstation repositioning.
- Subjects
CARBON dioxide in the body; SURGICAL decompression; GENERAL anesthesia; SURGICAL instruments; ADMINISTRATION of anesthetics; TRACHEA intubation; POSITIONING in surgery
- Publication
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2014, Vol 30, Issue 1, p121
- ISSN
0970-9185
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9185.125735