TY - JOUR
T1 - Anesthetic breathing circuit obstruction mimicking severe bronchospasm
T2 - An unusual manufacturing defect
AU - Yang, Chien Hui
AU - Chen, Kuan Hung
AU - Lee, Ying En
AU - Lin, Chung Ren
PY - 2012/3
Y1 - 2012/3
N2 - We report an unexpected ventilation difficulty with an anesthetic breathing circuit in a pediatric patient receiving left herniorrhaphy. A manufacturing defect in a limb of the anesthetic breathing circuit caused this problem. This defect induced a high-pitched, wheezing-like sound, which was difficult to differentiate from a hyper-reactive airway, commonly seen in pediatric patients with recent upper respiratory tract infection. We recommend that the patency of the anesthetic breathing circuit should routinely be examined before connecting it to the anesthesia machine.
AB - We report an unexpected ventilation difficulty with an anesthetic breathing circuit in a pediatric patient receiving left herniorrhaphy. A manufacturing defect in a limb of the anesthetic breathing circuit caused this problem. This defect induced a high-pitched, wheezing-like sound, which was difficult to differentiate from a hyper-reactive airway, commonly seen in pediatric patients with recent upper respiratory tract infection. We recommend that the patency of the anesthetic breathing circuit should routinely be examined before connecting it to the anesthesia machine.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.aat.2012.02.005
DO - 10.1016/j.aat.2012.02.005
M3 - Article
C2 - 22500912
AN - SCOPUS:84862820886
SN - 1875-4597
VL - 50
SP - 35
EP - 37
JO - Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
JF - Acta Anaesthesiologica Taiwanica
IS - 1
ER -