It was reported to philips that when preparing for a cone-beam computed tomography (cbct), the technologist selected the cbct function and then accidentally pressed the ¿reset geo¿ button instead of the ¿accept¿ button.Pressing the ¿reset geo¿ button reset the device¿s stand and table position which made the table raise and move laterally, causing an endotracheal (et) tube and catheter to move within the patient¿s lung.The patient was diagnosed with a pneumothorax at the end of the case, which required a chest tube be placed and the patient stay overnight in the hospital.The physician stated they believed the movement of the table could have caused the pneumothorax.The patient¿s status was reported as recovered.Philips has started an investigation of this complaint.
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