Ventilator disconnect alarms
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Ventilator-disconnect and death: a case study and a safety device.
Deaths and injuries related to accidental ventilator disconnection occur in complex ways. A death related to accidental ventilator disconnection is presented from a subacute ventilator facility, and corrective action is discussed. Single-limb ventilators are now equipped with a flow-bypass coupling that prevents patient-side occlusion during disconnect and therefore prevents low-pressure alarm ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1996.tb12629.x