Disease relevance of Equipment Failure

• EAG repair device failure occurred from fabric erosion in six patients, with two deaths from ruptured aneurysm at 18 and 28 months after endografting and four device failures resolved by secondary procedures [1].
• Some of the occasional adverse problems experienced by donors include citrate toxicity or acute hypocalcemia, hypotension, hypervolemia, venospasm or vein occlusion, chills, anaphylactoid reactions, hemorrhage, abdominal pain or complications related to equipment failure and related technical problems [2].

High impact information on Equipment Failure

• In 1996, an equipment malfunction at the Swan Hills Treatment Centre in Alberta, Canada, caused the release of gases containing PCBs into the ambient air [3].
• METHODS: We investigated the incidence and management of major device failure for a total of 102 Thoratec/TCI HeartMate and Thoratec PVAD devices implanted at our institution since 1995 [4].
• Over a mean 10.4-month follow-up (range 1-25), 11 patients died of unrelated causes; there was no known AAA rupture or device failure [5].
• The left ventricular lead was implanted in conjunction with a conventional right ventricular lead and a new heart failure device (CONTAK TR, Guidant, Brussels, Belgium) [6].
• An exercise in quality assurance during neuroanaesthetic procedures identified uncontrolled re-use of armoured latex rubber tracheal tubes as a risk factor associated with equipment failure [7].

Biological context of Equipment Failure

• We do not know the reason for this seasonal variation but we have eliminated cold deterioration of the iodide used for radioiodination and equipment failures as explanations [8].

Associations of Equipment Failure with chemical compounds

• In conclusion, radiation of soda lime reduced the amounts of condensation formed and the concentration of compound A in the anesthetic circuit, and allowed long term low-flow anesthesia without equipment malfunction [9].
• The purpose of this study was to analyze retrospectively the exact site(s) of device failure of a large series of Mentor Alpha I inflatable penile prostheses [10].
• There were three instances of equipment failure and five calcium oxalate monohydrate stones that did not respond to laser energy [11].
• Dissolution of tungsten coils leads to device failure after transcatheter embolisation of pathologic vessels [12].
• In December, 1984, in Bhopal, India, a massive leak of methyl isocyanate (MIC) resulted from operational and equipment malfunctions in a pesticide plant [13].

Gene context of Equipment Failure

• This study reports a multicenter EAG repair versus COS repair parallel cohort trial at 12 months and additional observations of specific device failure types and their impact on an aortic endograft design beyond that follow-up period [1].
• Additionally, ICD restudy is likely to increase the diagnostic yield of clinically silent critical system problems that could result in device failure [14].
• RFI causes mysterious equipment failures [15].
• The odds of fluid overload and equipment failure were higher ((OR=5.2, 95% CI 1.5, 18.4) and (OR=6.0, 95% CI 1.7, 20.9) respectively) for those women having laser as compared to TCRE (transcervical resection of the endometriuim) [16].

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