INTRODUCTION Metabolic acidosis confirmed by arterial blood gas (ABG) analysis is one of the diagnostic criteria for diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Given the direct relationship between end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO2), arterial carbon dioxide (PaCO2), and metabolic acidosis, measuring ETCO2 may serve as a surrogate for ABG in the assessment of possible DKA. The current study focuses on the predi...

Capnography is the monitoring of the partial pressure of alveolar carbon dioxide (CO2) in the respiratory gases. It is a useful noninvasive clinical tool for assessing efficiency and optimizing mechanical ventilation.1 The use of capnography for monitoring surgical patients during anesthesia and in the emergency department to confirm artificial airway placement is well-established and recommend...

STUDY OBJECTIVE To determine if capnography, in addition to standard monitoring, identified more respiratory complications than standard monitoring alone. DESIGN Meta-analysis. SETTING University medical center. MEASUREMENTS The electronic databases PubMed, CINAHL, and Cochrane Library (Cochrane Reviews, CENTRAL) were searched for studies published between 1995-2009 reporting adverse resp...

The use of capnography during general anesthesia has become not only state of the art but also a recommended standard of care. In intubated patients, measurements of partial pressure of carbon dioxide in exhaled pulmonary gases approximate partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood under stable conditions. End-tidal carbon dioxide measurement has allowed anesthetists to continuously f...

Sedation in children is increasingly emerging as a minimally invasive technique that may be associated with local anaesthesia or diagnostic and therapeutic procedures which do not necessarily require general anaesthesia. Standard monitoring requirements are not sufficient to ensure an effective control of pulmonary ventilation and deep sedation. Capnography in pediatric sedation assesses the ef...

Daytime complaints like fatigue, sleepiness and cognitive dysfunction in neuromuscular disease can be due to nocturnal hypercapnia and hypoxemia. Daytime respiratory diagnostics does not reflect sleep disordered breathing. Nocturnal pulse oxymetry and capnography were performed in 11 patients (15-75 years old) with different slowly progressive neuromuscular diseases. Only four patients complain...