Flying blind in anesthesia: A safety concern

We describe two cases of sudden loss of display of all the monitors of Zeus anesthesia work station during operation, which is a major safety concern. Flying blind in anesthesia could be devastating. These cases attempt to highlight the need for greater vigilance by anesthesiologists and have implic...

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Autores principales: Aqil, Mansoor, Khan, Mueenullah, Saeed, Abdulhamid Al, Alzahrani, Tariq
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4141406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25191208
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.136650
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spelling pubmed-41414062014-09-04 Flying blind in anesthesia: A safety concern Aqil, Mansoor Khan, Mueenullah Saeed, Abdulhamid Al Alzahrani, Tariq Saudi J Anaesth Case Report We describe two cases of sudden loss of display of all the monitors of Zeus anesthesia work station during operation, which is a major safety concern. Flying blind in anesthesia could be devastating. These cases attempt to highlight the need for greater vigilance by anesthesiologists and have implications for improvement in technology. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4141406/ /pubmed/25191208 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/1658-354X.136650 Text en Copyright: © Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Flying blind in anesthesia: A safety concern
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