Ann Surg Protoc. 2020;1(1):ASP-01-1001 | Open Access
Shyamal Premaratne, Kristin Tissera A, Dhanushya Amaratunga T, Ishani Premaratne D, Francis Mensah E, Wayne Zhang W and (Late) Judson McNamara J
Introduction and Background: End-tidal pCO2 monitoring (Capnometry) is used to assist in the confirmation of endotracheal intubation. However, this is unreliable in low flow states, such as during severe shock and also during Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR). It has been anecdotally noted that during severely hypercapnic and acidotic states, esophageal pCO2 is abnormally high. This may mislead the resuscitation team into ... Read more
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