Near-miss Accident during Magnetic Resonance Imaging by a "Flying Sevoflurane Vaporizer" due to Ferromagnetism Undetectable by Handheld Magnet [9]

Anesthesiology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1329-1330

  Zimmer, Christian ^a   Janssen, Markus Norbert ^b   Treschan, Tanja Astrid ^b   Peters, Jürgen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NITROUS OXIDE; SEVOFLURANE;

ACCIDENT; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETTER; MAGNET; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; MONITOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STAFF TRAINING; VAPORIZER;

ACCIDENTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; METHYL ETHERS; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS;

EID: 2142718134     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200405000-00054     Document Type: Letter

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