Breathing circuit obstruction caused by kink in the reinforced kink-resistant circle system tube

Desai, Sameer; Torgal, SV; Rao, Raghavendra Pralhada

doi:10.4103/0019-5049.108593

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“…2 There can be various causes of rise of airway pressure in the intraoperative period. [4][5][6][7] We should always start checking form the patient chest, tube, circuit, valves or the exhaust system. In our case, once there was high pressure alarm during the controlled breath, we first switched to manually bag and mask ventilation to rule out causes related to chest, tube, circuit and valves.…”

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An unusual cause of intraoperative high airway pressure and ventilator failure: message to be learned

Shrestha¹,

Parajuli

Tiwari³

et al. 2020

JCMC

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Failure of ventilation of an anesthetised patient due to problems in mechanical ventilator is not uncommon. The proper functioning of machine should be ensured before anesthetising a patient by the automated checking system or manually by the attending anaesthesiologist. However, sudden malfunction of some system of the machine during operation may cause the ventilator to stop risking the patient's life. About one third of the equipment problems are due to anesthesia machine and one quarter of the problems are due to human error. We present a case of malfunction of anesthesia ventilator due to an unusual cause of blockage of anesthesia gas scavenging system.

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An unusual cause of intraoperative high airway pressure and ventilator failure: message to be learned

Shrestha¹,

Parajuli

Tiwari³

et al. 2020

JCMC

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“…[3] Also, breathing circuit obstructions mimicking bronchospasm have been reported in the literature. [4] We had checked the hoses of breathing circuit before the case and did not find any abnormality.…”

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An unusual cause of high peak airway pressure: Interpretation of displayed alarms

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Airway pressure monitoring is critical in modern day anesthesia ventilators to detect and warn high or low pressure conditions in the breathing system. We report a scenario leading to unexpectedly very high peak inspiratory pressure in the intraoperative period and describe the mechanism for high priority alarm activation. We also discuss the role of a blocked bacterial filter in causing sustained display of increased airway pressure. This scenario is a very good example for understanding the unique safety feature present in the Dräger ventilators and the attending anesthesiologist must have an adequate knowledge of the functioning and safety feature of the ventilators they are using to interpret the alarms in the perioperative to prevent unnecessary anxiety and intervention.

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“…Breathing circuits, due to multiple parts and connections that they have, are prone to disconnections and malfunctions. There are handful of reports about foreign bodies stocked in tubes and tracts ( 1 – 3 ), kinking or twisting of tubes ( 4 ), or clot formation ( 5 ). Malfunctions related to the ventilation apparatus may be due to production pitfalls or user errors ( 6 ).…”

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Pitfalls in Ventilation Devices

Sezari

Nashibi

Safari

et al. 2020

Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim

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Breathing circuit obstruction caused by kink in the reinforced kink-resistant circle system tube

Cited by 6 publications

References 4 publications

An unusual cause of intraoperative high airway pressure and ventilator failure: message to be learned

An unusual cause of intraoperative high airway pressure and ventilator failure: message to be learned

An unusual cause of high peak airway pressure: Interpretation of displayed alarms

Pitfalls in Ventilation Devices

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