Carbon dioxide rebreathing caused by deformed silicon leaflet in the expiratory unidirectional valve

• Main Authors: Arumugam Vasudevan (Author), Satyen Parida (Author), Lenin Babu Elakkumanan (Author), Sandeep Mishra (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Rebreathing of carbon dioxide caused by incompetent 'cage and disc' unidirectional valves has been reported earlier. Some manufacturers have changed the design of unidirectional valves to 'flexible leaflets'. We report a series of cases where a deformed membrane leaflet in expira...