Complete bacterial filter blockage by a plastic film

• Egile Nagusiak: Jiapeng Huang (Egilea), Kishin Dodwani (Egilea), Paul Simon (Egilea), Jing Zhou (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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We describe a case where the expiratory bacterial filter was completely blocked by a plastic membrane. Significantly increased airway pressures and inability to deliver adequate tidal volume to the patient were experienced. The cause of machine failure could not be identified until a complete preane...