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Hypoxemia after intraluminal oxygen line obstruction during cardiopulmonary bypass
J A Robblee1, E Crosby, W J Keon
1Department of Anaesthesia, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ontario, Canada.
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
A patient sustained an episode of hypoxemia during cardiopulmonary bypass. Investigation of the extracorporeal circuit after successful resolution of the problem showed that a white, crystalline substance later identified as mannitol occluded the oxygen supply line to a bubble oxygenator. The management and subsequent investigation of the problem are presented.