Hypercapnia related to a faulty adult co-axial breathing circuit.

Anesth Analg

Department of Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153, USA.

Published: October 2001

This report describes the appearance of CO2 on the capnograph during inspiration, which was linked to disconnection of the inner tube of a coaxial circuit extension piece. The increased use of coaxial breathing systems for adults makes inner tubes disconnections an important consideration when the CO2 appears during inspiration.

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