Carbon dioxide rebreathing caused by deformed silicon leaflet in the expiratory unidirectional valve

Autor: Arumugam Vasudevan, Satyen Parida, Lenin Babu Elakkumanan, Sandeep Mishra
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 108-110 (2013)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0970-9185
DOI: 10.4103/0970-9185.105816
Popis: Rebreathing of carbon dioxide caused by incompetent ′cage and disc′ unidirectional valves has been reported earlier. Some manufacturers have changed the design of unidirectional valves to ′flexible leaflets′. We report a series of cases where a deformed membrane leaflet in expiratory unidirectional valves led to rebreathing of carbon dioxide.
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