Transcutaneous PTCCO2 measurement in combination with arterial blood gas analysis provides superior accuracy and reliability in ICU patients.

Hyper or hypoventilation may have serious clinical consequences in critically ill patients and should be generally avoided, especially in neurosurgical patients. Therefore, monitoring of carbon dioxide partial pressure by intermittent arterial blood gas analysis (PaCO2) has become standard in intens...

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Published in:Journal of Clinical Monitoring & Computing Vol. 31; no. 1; pp. 153 - 159
Main Authors: Spelten, Oliver, Schier, Robert, Wetsch, Wolfgang, Hinkelbein, Jochen, Fiedler, Fritz, Wetsch, Wolfgang A
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Feb2017
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