• Medicina · May 2023

    Case Reports

    Ventilation Difficulty Caused by Obstructed Heated Breathing Circuit.

    • Jiyeon Kwon, Eunsu Kang, Sunghyun Shin, Byeongcheol Lee, Myoungjin Ko, Sehun Kim, and Soojee Lee.
    • Department of Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital, 875 Haeundae-ro, Haeundae-gu, Busan 48108, Republic of Korea.
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2023 May 17; 59 (5).

    AbstractFor perioperative hypothermia prevention, a heated, humidified breathing circuit equipped with a fluid-warming unit inside the inspiratory limb has been developed. We report a ventilation difficulty caused by an obstructed heated breathing circuit. Cotton surrounding the hot wire, temperature sensor, and fluid tubing in the distal inspiratory limb was irregularly thicker than that of a normal circuit and nearly blocked the lumen. Despite carrying out routine checks on the anesthesia workstation preoperatively, we failed to make a prediagnosis by omitting the flow test after changing the circuit. This case puts emphasis on a routine flow test with a meticulous examination of the heated breathing circuit before every procedure.

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