Capnography: A Valuable Tool for Airway Management

Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 881-897

  Nagler, Joshua ^a   Krauss, Baruch ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway Management; Capnography; End tidal carbon dioxide; Intubation; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CAPNOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; HUMAN; LUNG VENTILATION; PATIENT MONITORING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; WAVEFORM;

EID: 57049097650     PISSN: 07338627     EISSN: 07338627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emc.2008.08.005     Document Type: Review

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