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Multicenter study of a portable, hand-size, colorimetric end-tidal carbon dioxide detection device

✍ Scribed by Joseph P Ornato; Joshua B Shipley; Edward M Racht; Corey M Slovis; Keith D Wrenn; Paul E Pepe; Sherri-Lyne Almeida; Vicki F Ginger; Terry V Fotre

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1992
Tongue: English
Weight: 537 KB
Volume: 21
Category: Article
ISSN: 1097-6760
DOI: 10.1016/s0196-0644(05)82517-x

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✦ Synopsis

Study objectives: To evaluate continuous, semiquantitative end-tidal carbon dioxide (ETCO 2) monitoring in the prehospital and emergency department setting for confirming proper endotracheal tube placement and assessing prognosis and blood flow during CPR.

Type of participants: Adult patients were included if an endotracheal tube was inserted by prehospital care providers or emergency physicians for cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, respiratory insufficiency, or airway protection.