Transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring

Kathleen M Hill; Deborah G Klein

doi:10.1016/j.ccell.2006.02.003

Transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;18(2):211-5, x. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.02.003.

Authors

Kathleen M Hill¹, Deborah G Klein

Affiliation

¹ Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-32, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. hillk4@ccf.org

PMID: 16728307
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.02.003

Abstract

Technologies now exist that measure carbon dioxide levels transcutaneously. Rapid assessment of patients who have depressed ventilation or suspected sepsis can improve treatment decisions including the need for admission to the ICU and pulmonary artery catheterization.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / instrumentation
Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / methods*
Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / nursing
Carbon Dioxide / metabolism*
Critical Care / methods*
Early Diagnosis
Equipment Design
Humans
Hypercapnia / diagnosis
Hypercapnia / etiology
Hypercapnia / metabolism
Hypocapnia / diagnosis
Hypocapnia / etiology
Hypocapnia / metabolism
Monitoring, Physiologic / instrumentation
Monitoring, Physiologic / methods*
Monitoring, Physiologic / nursing
Nursing Assessment
Patient Selection
Pulmonary Gas Exchange
Sepsis / diagnosis
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Time Factors

Substances

Carbon Dioxide