Bilateral pneumothoraces from a malfunctioning resuscitation valve
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D P Myers1, O A de Leon-Casasola, D R Bacon
1Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY.
Journal of Clinical Anesthesia
|September 1, 1993
Abstract:
Disposable resuscitation valves appear as relatively simple devices used to ventilate patients during both emergent situations and transport from the operating room to the intensive care unit. We report a case of a nonfunctional disposable resuscitation valve that resulted in barotrauma and bilateral pneumothoraces. A routine check for proper function of these valves before use in critically ill patients may help to eliminate such cases.