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Sat Aug 26 07:50:58 BST 2006

We've tried to dig into that, and certainly that is a serious concern.
No further information on the hand written anaesthetic chart and the
anaesthetist involved denies any significant hypoxia or hypotension.
This drop in ETCO2 has been used to support the argument that this is
fat embolism.

I agree with you there is something not quite right in the whole story
but I doubt we are going to find out any more.

Ian

>>> "James S. Anderson" <jsandersonmdelp at sbcglobal.net> 26/08/2006
1:38pm >>>
Ian Seppelt wrote:

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Intraoperatively the
only adverse event was a transient sudden loss of ETCO2.

This may well not be trivial.
How transient?
Etiology?  Equipment failure or other technical difficulty?
If not, this is evidence of a serious problem such as severe
hypotension/arrest, pulmonary embolus, or airway disconnect.

Are anymore details of the intra-operative events available?

Steve

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