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Observations of Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Tension and Arterial Oxygen Saturation
We evaluated the performance of a novel combined earlobe sensor for noninvasive transcutaneous monitoring of Sp02 and PtcC02 in two different settings. The studies in critically ill patients revealed a clinically acceptable agreement of PtcC02 and its changes, and of Sp02 by the transcutaneous sensor with simultaneous measurements made by the “gold standard” (ie, the […]
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Outcomes of Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Tension and Arterial Oxygen Saturation
Results in Critically III Patients In the 18 patients, a total of 80 paired measurements by the earlobe sensor and by arterial blood gas analysis were obtained (mean, 4.4 ± 0.7 paired observations per patient) over a mean observation period of 160 ± 48 min. Nine patients received treatment with vasoactive drugs (ie, IV norepinephrine, […]
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Research of Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Tension and Arterial Oxygen Saturation
Patients Eighteen critically ill patients with indwelling arterial lines were studied in the ICU. Their mean (± SD) age was 62.6 ± 14 years. Sixteen patients had acute respiratory failure; 2 patients had experienced an acute myocardial infarction. Fifteen patients were receiving mechanical ventilation, and 9 patients required inotropic and vasoactive drug treatment. Twelve patients […]
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Canadian Health&Care Mall: Monitoring Carbon Dioxide Tension and Arterial Oxygen Saturation
Coninvasive respiratory monitoring has broad applications in the emergency department, in perioperative and intensive care, and for the evaluation of sleep-related breathing disturbances. Whereas arterial oxygen saturation (Sa02) is commonly estimated by pulse oximetry, PaC02 may be estimated from end-tidal carbon dioxide tension or transcuta-neous carbon dioxide tension (PtcC02). Since alterations in ventilation/perfusion matching and […]
Canadian Neighbor Pharmacy: Discussion of Nasal Intermittent Positive Pressure Ventilation in Patients With Obesity-Hypoventilation Syndrome
Obesity can have detrimental effects on respiratory function, and it may lead to chronic hypoventilation in some patients. Why some obese patients develop OHS while others breathe normally remains speculative. Contributing factors may include the restrictive pulmonary function defect, increased work of breathing and CO2 production, and altered central respiratory control.- Some available data support […]