An unusual case of sudden desaturation following induction of anaesthesia for caesarean section.
In the following case report an episode of sudden and rapid desaturation, occurring soon after induction of anaesthesia in a fit preoxygenated obstetric patient, resulted from the use of a Manley minute volume divider which had become purged with nitrous oxide.
McIndoe
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Department of Anaesthesia, Princess Margaret Hospital, Okus Road, Swindon SN1 4JU, UK.