Problems with capnography at high altitude

Anaesthesia

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-72

  Pattinson, Kyle ^a   Myers, S ^b   Gardner Thorpe, C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS COVENTRY AND WARWICKSHIRE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QINETIQ   (United Kingdom)

^c STOKE MANDEVILLE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capnography situations: high altitude

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; GAS; MACHINE; MEASUREMENT; RELIABILITY; SIMULATION;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0347915787     PISSN: 00032409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2004.03447.x     Document Type: Article

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