Anesthesia machine as a cause of intraoperative "code red" in the labor and delivery suite.

Krzysztof M. Kuczkowski

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Anesthesia machine as a cause of intraoperative "code red" in the labor and delivery suite.

March 26, 2008

Kuczkowski KM. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2008;278(5):477-8.

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A case of an intraoperative fire caused by a malfunctioning anesthesia machine is reported in this article.

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