First of all, there's the famous roof – designed as an endless circuit but with obstructions, like those trees popping up through the roof-floor.
Effective securement of these lines to a surface, such as the patient's limb, is necessary to prevent line movement, malposition or kinking that can precipitate obstruction, low circuit flow and poor venous return, all of which compromise the effectiveness of support [14].
Recent data have shown that the rate of serious adverse events related to MV (e.g. accidental disconnection from the respiratory circuit or unintentional removal or obstruction of the tracheal tube) is proportional to the nursing workload [ 39].
In addition, a report of small series of patients with severe sepsis who were treated with rhAPC [ 35] demonstrated a lack of thrombotic obstruction of haemofiltration circuits, even in the absence of heparin or other anticoagulants.
In the past, filibusters of judicial nominations required "extraordinary circumstances," but even before President Obama named these three nominees to fill three vacancies on the D.C. Circuit, some Senate Republicans indicated they would obstruct for obstruction's sake.
The aim of the study is to conduct an economical analysis comparing total cost of heliox therapy using an open versus a semi-closed circuit in spontaneously breathing patients with airway obstruction.
The humidification filter in the mechanical ventilation circuit was changed after each nebulisation session to avoid obstruction.
We report a case of a mechanical obstruction of the expiratory limb of the anesthesia circuit which went undetected before the induction of anesthesia.
In particular, the White House and other Democrats have claimed that Republican obstruction on judges for appeals courts, also known as circuit courts, is radically different from anything before.
A check of the circuit was performed before the addition of circuit extensions, thus missing the obstruction.
