Anesthesia machine as a cause of intraoperative "code red" in the labor and delivery suite.
Fire is a rare but potentially disastrous operating room misadventure. I herein describe the first reported case of a fire in the labor and delivery suite, which also happens to be the first case of a fire caused by malfunctioning anesthesia machine.
Kuczkowski
Krzysztof M
KM
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA. kkuczkowski@ucsd.edu
D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D013246:Sterilization, Tubal