A hazard of scavenger port design.
This case report describes an inadvertent misconnection of the breathing and scavenging hoses on the anaesthesia machine which resulted in complete expiratory obstruction. The features which facilitate such a misconnection are described and modifications to reduce the likelihood of this event recurring are suggested.
D000397:Air Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans
D000777:Anesthetics