Quantitative waveform capnography is rapidly becoming a standard of care for any intubated patient. Although this may appear simple, it provides a host of information about ventilation and cardiac output. When further integrated with clinical context (such as trends in minute ventilation), there is a potential for fundamentally changing how we monitor our patients. If we are willing to embrace zentensivism and accept some error in our estimation of the patients pCO2, this may allow for substantial reductions in blood gas measurements.
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Great review! Only editorial comment is that targeting “normal” PaCO2 in a pregnant patient, will result in relative hypercapnia, as normal PaCO2 in pregnant women generally lies in the low 30s mmHg from the end of the first trimester on. (The text says target 35-45).
Hello,
This is such an interesting article, i really liked the aticle.
Time spent reading this is really great.
keep it up!