Carbon dioxide monitoring and evidence-based practice - Now you see it, now you don't

Critical Care

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 219-221

  Gattas, David ^a   Ayer, Raj ^a   Suntharalingam, Ganesh ^b   Chapman, Martin ^c  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Northwick Park and St Marks' Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomedical technology assessment; Capnography; Critical care; Evidence based medicine; Physiologic monitoring

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL STUDY; COLORIMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; INTENSIVE CARE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANESTHESIA, INTRATRACHEAL; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS; CRITICAL CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL;

EID: 4344623882     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc2916     Document Type: Article

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