Predicting volume responsiveness
One of the current Holy Grails of ED critical care is to find a reliable measure of fluid responsiveness in […]
Acute Med, All Updates, ICU, Resus, Ultrasound
capnography
All Updates, ICU, Kids, Resus
Colorimetric CO2 detectors and newborns
Colorimetric CO2 detectors may fail to indicate successful tracheal tube placement in adults in certain circumstances, such as low cardiac […]
All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus
End tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest
Measuring end-tidal CO2 in cardiac arrest patients is helpful for confirming tracheal tube placement assessing the effectiveness of chest compressions […]
All Updates, Kids, PHARM, Resus
ETCO2 and ROSC
One for the ‘hardly surprising’ category…. A study of end-tidal CO2 during out-of-hospital adult and child cardiac arrest resuscitation showed […]
All Updates, Fascinomata, Resus
Protected: Positive capnography in cadavers
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All Updates, ICU, PHARM, Resus, Trauma
ETCO2 all over the place in trauma
In 180 intubated trauma patients in the ED, there was little correlation between arterial carbon dioxide tension (PaCO2) and end-tidal […]