Capnographic monitoring of respiratory activity improves patient safety during procedural sedation for elective ERCP/EUS by reducing the frequency of hypoxemia, severe hypoxemia, and apnea.
EtCO(2) contributes significantly to the prediction of events during endoscopy. A lower mean of EtCO(2), higher variability of EtCO(2), younger age, GA, and upper endoscopy increase the probability of an event.
Distal end-tidal CO2 measured via a double-lumen endotracheal tube was found to have good correlation and agreement with PaCO2, remained reliable in conditions of severe lung disease, and was more accurate than the standard mainstream proximal...
In order to determine whether opioid-naive patients at risk for respiratory depression are better monitored with either capnography or pulse oximetry and respiratory-rate assessment, the authors conducted a randomized, prospective trial.