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Question: A 54-year-old patient, known case of CAD on medical management, is undergoing lap cholecystectomy. 20 minutes into the surgery, you notice a sudden disappearance of EtCO2 trace over a single breath. Possible causes include:
- Pulmonary embolism
- Circuit disconnection
- Equipment malfunction
- System autocalibration
- Acute MI
Answers:
- false
- true
- true
- true
- false
ANAESTHETIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE CARDIAC IMPLANTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICES (CIEDs)
Explanation:
Conditions that cause acute loss of cardiac output like MI, PE or arrhythmias usually lead to rapid fall of EtCO2 over the next few breaths to zero/ baseline.
The sudden disappearance of CO2 trace over a single breath is a result of:
- circuit disconnection
- equipment failure
- system calibration
- accidental extubation/ airway misplacement
- misinterpretation due to a very slow breath rate
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