TY - JOUR
AU1 - Badgwell, J. Michael
AB - The monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other respiratory gases in pediatric patients was at first viewed skeptically because of limitations in obtaining accurate measurements [1]. In a review of capnometers in 1986, the editors of Health Devices(a medical consumer's guide published by the Emergency Care Research Institute) did not rate the performance of the monitors in neonates and infants because it was “unclear whether a valid end-tidal CO2measurement could be obtained in these patients” [2]. Also in 1986, Swedlow [3] wrote that the anesthesiologist was unable to obtain good estimates of end-tidal CO2values in very small infants and that the capnogram could be used only as a “monitor of cardiopulmonary and anesthesia system integrity” in these patients. The difficulty in obtaining accurate capnography in small infants is perhaps the reason capnography has not become a standard of care. Fortunately, in the past five years, we have developed techniques that allow the accurate measurement of end-tidal CO2tension (Pco2) and volatile agents in even the smallest patients. This chapter reviews the recent advances in monitoring that have allowed accurate capnography and volatile agent measurement in the pediatric age group.
TI - Respiratory Gas Monitoring in the Pediatric Patient
JF - International Anesthesiology Clinics
DA - 1992-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wolters-kluwer-health/respiratory-gas-monitoring-in-the-pediatric-patient-0JZYMWrHAe
VL - 30
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -