Combustible Gases Generated in the Alimentary Tract and Other Hollow Viscera and Their Relationship to Explosions Occurring During Anaesthesia

Galley, A. H.

doi:10.1093/bja/26.3.189

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“…Pyloric stenosis, a condition less commonly seen nowadays, allows more prolonged degradation of stomach contents and an increase in the amount of flammable gases present. Several sensational incidents have been reported [16][17][18][19][20][21] and were summarized in a highly entertaining review in 1954 [22].…”

Section: Pyloric Stenosismentioning

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A brief historical review of non-anaesthetic causes of fires and explosions in the operating room

Macdonald

1994

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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Fires and explosions have occurred in the operating theatre for many years. Flammable inhalation anaesthetic agents were responsible for many incidents in the past, but these are no longer available in many countries. Other causes of fires and explosions still exist in the operating theatre and, from time to time, result in serious and occasionally fatal injury. Flammable gastrointestinal gases have been the cause of injury to patients during gastric surgery, laparoscopy and during examination of the large bowel with electrical instrumentation. Gases formed in the bladder during urological procedures have ignited, causing rupture. Alcohol-based skin cleaning agents have resulted in severe burns to the skin. Equipment used for storage and delivery of oxygen to patients has caused fires in a variety of ways. Adhesive skin drapes have resulted recently in two tragic deaths. The increasing use of laser therapy, particularly in ear, nose and throat surgery, and in oral surgery, has brought about a renewed awareness of the risk of fire. The relevant factors which should be borne in mind and the precautions which should be adopted when laser therapy is to be used in the airway are discussed.

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Section: Pyloric Stenosismentioning

confidence: 99%

A brief historical review of non-anaesthetic causes of fires and explosions in the operating room

Macdonald

1994

British Journal of Anaesthesia

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“…Intraoperative electrocautery burns can occur following these technical and equipment faults: direct osculation; high voltage use; continuous or interrupted operator use of the electrocautery; high resistance of active electrode tip by coagulated or necrotic tissue; improper attachment or placement of paddle; burns resulting from electrode heating of pooled solutions such as patients sweating, iodine solutions, intraoperative irrigation; iatrogenic injection of solution in the joint in orthopedic surgery and burns occurring as a result of circuits generated between the active electrocautery tip and a subsidiary grounding source. 24,25,28,29,30,31,32,33 …”

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Rare case-series of electrocautery burn following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

Sabzi¹,

Niazi²,

Ahmadi³

2014

J Inj Violence Res

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Abstract:With an increasing number of off-pump coronary artery surgery procedures in high-risk patients with coagulopathy, including renal failure, hepatic failure and anticoagulant drug-using patients, the frequency of related complications such as repeated exploration for bleeding is also increasing. The associated co-morbidity and repeated use of electrocautery in postoperative bleeding leaves patients susceptible to electrocautery ulcers. In this case series, rare cases of cautery burn with unique causative mechanisms are described.

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“…Hepatológusok a foetor hepaticus alapján a májelégtelenséget felismerik, diabetológusoknak az acetonszag utal az anyagcsere-kisiklásra. (10,11). Hasonló "baleseteket" írtak le a korabeli aneszteziológusok a betegek altatása közben, bélműtétek alatt, illetve gastrocolicus fisztulás betegeknél.…”

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A kilégzési tesztek története a gasztroenterológiában

Buzás¹

2020

CEU-JGH

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Bármily egyszerűnek tűnnek mind a betegek, mind az orvosok és szakasszisztensek számára, a kilégzési tesztek története évszázadokra vezethető vissza. Az első ismeretek a levegő szerepéről és összetételéről az ókorból származnak. A légzés élettani ismeretei és a légzésfunkciós tesztek a 19. század második felében alakultak ki. A mai értelemben vett kilégzési tesztek az alapkutatások és az orvosi technológia fejlődése révén jelentek meg a 20. század második felében: a módszerek kifejlesztésében számos Nobel-díjas tudós vett részt (jelzett izotópos vizsgálatok, kromatográfia, tömegspektrometria és ezek kombinációja, ionszenzitív műszerek, elektronikus orr). Ennek következtében a modern gasztroenterológia olyan pontos kilégzési tesztekkel gyarapodott, amelyek az invazív vizsgálatokat sikeresen helyettesítik és kiegészítik.

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Combustible Gases Generated in the Alimentary Tract and Other Hollow Viscera and Their Relationship to Explosions Occurring During Anaesthesia

Cited by 17 publications

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A brief historical review of non-anaesthetic causes of fires and explosions in the operating room

A brief historical review of non-anaesthetic causes of fires and explosions in the operating room

Rare case-series of electrocautery burn following off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting

A kilégzési tesztek története a gasztroenterológiában

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