• AANA journal · Jun 2015

    Case Reports

    Low-Flow Anesthesia, Low Fresh Gas Flow, and Oxygen Flush: An Interesting Interplay.

    • Byrappa Vinay, Kadarapura Nanjundaiah Gopalakrishna, and Kamath Sriganesh.
    • AANA J. 2015 Jun 1; 83 (3): 200-2.

    AbstractIdentification and analysis of critical respiratory alarms during use of an advanced anesthesia workstation is essential in the intraoperative period. We present and discuss a scenario in which there was activation of a fresh gas flow alarm during low-flow anesthesia intraoperatively and use of oxygen flush to counteract it led to a diluted concentration of the inspired anesthetic agent.

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