Detection of inadvertent airway intubation during gastric tube insertion: capnography versus a colorimetric carbon dioxide detector

Authors :: Burns, Suzanne M.
Carpenter, Richard
Blevins, Cheri
Bragg, Sharon
Marshall, Mary
Browne, Liz
Perkins, Martha
Bagby, Rebecca
Blackstone, Kris
Truwit, Jonathon D.
Source :: American Journal of Critical Care. March 2006, Vol. 15 Issue 2, p188, 6 p.
Publication Year :: 2006
Abstract: * BACKGROUND In the medical intensive care unit at the University of Virginia Health System, capnography is used to detect end-tidal carbon dioxide to protect patients from inadvertent airway cannulation [...]

Subjects :: Capnography -- Usage
Intensive care units -- Management -- Usage
Airway obstruction (Medicine) -- Prevention
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