An urgent necessity under general anaesthesia--surgical gloves made into re-breathing bag.
Anaesthetic practice in resource-poor countries often requires a lot of improvisation on the part of practitioners in order to meet the needs of patients. Disposables in a low-resource environment are usually stretched beyond the manufacturer's recommended life span. While anaesthetizing a six-month-old baby with cleft lip, the reservoir bag was accidentally torn and was replaced with latex surgical gloves. In the absence of a spare bag this replacement served the patient throughout the period of surgery.
Department of Anaesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Delta State University, Abraka, PO Box 1737 Effurun, Delta State, Nigeria. aojasper@yahoo.com
Jasper Abiodun
JA
Oyinpreye
Okperi Blessing
OB
Ofejiro
Osaguona Anthony
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Osemwegie
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000769:Anesthesia, Inhalation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000601:surgery; D005932:Gloves, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012121:Respiration, Artificial