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Hazard warning. A case of postoperative pulmonary barotrauma
1Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Westminster Hospital, London.
The British Journal of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
A case is described in which extensive pulmonary barotrauma occurred due to the application of a face mask to an indwelling cuffed endotracheal tube. The design of the mask is such that a seal was made between the mask and the tube. The design of mask is widely used in theatre recovery areas and clinicians are alerted to this potential hazard.