Capnographic Monitoring in Respiratory Emergencies

Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-89

  Nagler, Joshua ^a   Krauss, Baruch ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

asthma; capnography; capnometry; end tidal carbon dioxide; respiratory illness; ventilation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BREATHING MECHANICS; BREATHING RATE; BRONCHOSPASM; CAPNOGRAPHY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; EXPIRED AIR; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; HYPOVENTILATION; LARYNX SPASM; LUNG VENTILATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SPIROMETRY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 66149120233     PISSN: 15228401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpem.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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