Massive inhalation of desflurane due to vaporizer dysfunction

Anesthesiology. 2005 Nov;103(5):1096-8. doi: 10.1097/00000542-200511000-00026.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesiology / instrumentation*
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / administration & dosage
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / adverse effects*
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / pharmacokinetics
  • Desflurane
  • Dupuytren Contracture / surgery
  • Equipment Failure
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Isoflurane / administration & dosage
  • Isoflurane / adverse effects
  • Isoflurane / analogs & derivatives*
  • Isoflurane / pharmacokinetics
  • Nebulizers and Vaporizers*
  • Respiration, Artificial

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Desflurane
  • Isoflurane