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Use of the common gas outlet for supplementary oxygen during Caesarean section.
March 2, 2010
Edsell MEG, Erasmus PD. Anaesthesia. 2005;60(11):1152-3.
The authors respond to reports of problems with common gas outlets and describe a forcing function put in place at their hospital to minimize such incidents. For a detailed discussion of a very similar case, in which a patient with respiratory distress received compressed air instead of high-flow oxygen, see the AHRQ WebM&M commentary by Dr. David Gaba.
