Patient in operating room for mitral valve surgery.The operation room table locked and staff was unable to release or move.As a result, the patient was unable to be placed into a trendelenburg position requiring additional monitoring and intervention.Believed emergency stop button on philips xray machine had been inadvertently pushed and this disabled all of the controls on the integrated maquet operating table.Staff present was not aware of this possibility or how to troubleshoot this failure.Appears emergency stop button on philips machine can be inadvertently pushed easily.
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