• Anesthesia and analgesia · Jul 2000

    Case Reports

    Nitrogen purging of oxygen pipelines: an unusual cause of intraoperative hypoxia.

    • A M Elizaga and R L Frerichs.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Auburn Regional Medical Center, Washington 98002-9906, USA. aelizaga@u.washington.edu
    • Anesth. Analg. 2000 Jul 1;91(1):242-3.

    AbstractIntraoperative hypoxia occurred in two patients during the maintenance of the medical gas system. Engineers were purging oxygen pipelines with nitrogen to remove particulate debris but were unaware of a connection to operating room pipelines. This case illustrates the importance of communication between anesthesia providers and engineers servicing the gas system.

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