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Published in: Critical Care 4/2000

01-08-2000 | Review

Carbon dioxide kinetics and capnography during critical care

Authors: Cynthia T Anderson, Peter H Breen

Published in: Critical Care | Issue 4/2000

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Abstract

Greater understanding of the pathophysiology of carbon dioxide kinetics during steady and nonsteady state should improve, we believe, clinical care during intensive care treatment. Capnography and the measurement of end-tidal partial pressure of carbon dioxide (PETCO2) will gradually be augmented by relatively new measurement methodology, including the volume of carbon dioxide exhaled per breath (VCO2,br) and average alveolar expired PCO2 (PǢCO2). Future directions include the study of oxygen kinetics.
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Metadata
Title
Carbon dioxide kinetics and capnography during critical care
Authors
Cynthia T Anderson
Peter H Breen
Publication date
01-08-2000
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Critical Care / Issue 4/2000
Electronic ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/cc696

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