Techniques for the measurement and monitoring of carbon dioxide in the blood

Annals of the American Thoracic Society

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 645-652

  Huttmann, Sophie E ^a   Windisch, Wolfram ^a   Storre, Jan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood gas analysis; Capnography; Hypercapnia; Respiratory insufficiency; Transcutaneous

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY FAILURE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ELECTRODE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROGRAPHY; INVASIVE PROCEDURE; MEASUREMENT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PH ELECTRODE; RESPIRATORY ACIDOSIS; REVIEW; SEDATION; SENSOR; SEVERINGHAUS ELECTRODE; SPECTROMETRY; TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE MONITORING; TRANSCUTANEOUS CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION SENSOR; BLOOD; CAPNOMETRY; HYPERCAPNIA; PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TRANSCUTANEOUS OXYGEN MONITORING;

BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CAPNOGRAPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE; HUMANS; HYPERCAPNIA; PARTIAL PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 84903642716     PISSN: 23256621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1513/AnnalsATS.201311-387FR     Document Type: Review

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