Anaesthesia
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Experience with percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy in children is limited. This report discusses two significant complications which occurred following the use of this technique.
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The performance of the Intersurgical disposable soda lime canister was compared to British Pharmacopoeia standards for carbon dioxide absorption and to other carbon dioxide absorber systems. This canister system more than adequately fulfilled the equivalent of the British Pharmacopoeia standard for CO2 absorption. ⋯ Heat was generated by the reaction between soda lime and CO2 and the maximum temperature recorded in the system was 42.1 degrees C. Under clinical conditions this should pose no threat of thermal injury to the patient.