Open AccessEvaluation of a transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitor in patients with acute respiratory failure
Author(s) -
Antonello Nicolini,
Maura Bravo Ferrari
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
annals of thoracic medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.639
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1817-1737
pISSN - 1998-3557
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1737.84776
Subject(s) - medicine , earlobe , arterial blood , gold standard (test) , anesthesia , respiratory monitoring , blood sampling , blood gas analysis , ventilation (architecture) , respiratory system , oxygenation , capnography , critically ill , surgery , intensive care medicine , mechanical engineering , engineering
Non-invasive measurement of oxygenation is a routine procedure in clinical practice, but transcutaneous monitoring of PCO(2)(PtCO(2)) is used much less than expected.