Carbon dioxide absorber as a cause of high airway pressures.
We investigate an incident in which a carbon dioxide absorber caused difficulty with ventilation. The problem as it developed throughout the anesthetic, and clues that led to the determination that the carbon dioxide canister was the problem, is discussed.
Bagdasarian
Levick A
LA
Department of Anesthesiology, UCI Medical Center, Orange, CA 92868, USA. lbagdasa@uci.edu
Shah
Nitin K
NK
Sharif
Mehrdad K
MK
D000042:Absorption; D000403:Airway Resistance; D000764:Anesthesia, Closed-Circuit / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
D002245:Carbon Dioxide