Disconnections in the breathing system

Modern anaesthesia is considered as relatively safe. Nevertheless, incidents happen which result in harm for the patient. Incidents which cause hypoxia are especially grave. One of the most frequent incidents in anaesthesia and intensive care is of this nature: disconnection in the ventilatory apparatus. Definition. Unintentional separation-partial or complete-of two manually connected components in a ventilatory apparatus. Incidence. About 5% of incidents during narcosis are likely to be caused by disconnections in the ventilatory apparatus