Airway fires during surgery: Management and prevention

• Ngā kaituhi matua: Navaid Akhtar (Author), Farrukh Ansar (Author), Mirza Shahzad Baig (Author), Akbar Abbas (Author)
• Hōputu: Pukapuka
• I whakaputaina: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Ngā marau: article
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Airway fires pose a serious risk to surgical patients. Fires during surgery have been reported for many years with flammable anesthetic agents being the main culprits in the past. Association of airway fires with laser surgery is well-recognized, but there are reports of endotracheal tube fires igni...