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Case Reports
. 1979 Feb;34(2):173-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1979.tb06273.x.

Electrocution during anaesthesia

J J Chambers, A K Saha
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Case Reports

Electrocution during anaesthesia

J J Chambers et al. Anaesthesia. 1979 Feb.
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Abstract

Cardiac arrest due to electrocution occurred in a young obstetric patient undergoing laparotomy. The patient subsequently died despite initial resuscitation. The cause was traced to an inappropriate and faulty switch in the base of the operating table; the circuit was completed by the ECG monitor which was of the direct earth type.

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