Oxygen consumption following trauma: a reappraisal in severely injured patients requiring mechanical ventilation

Clinical evaluation of a continuous oxyg

Clinical evaluation of a continuous oxygen consumption monitor in mechanically ventilated patients

✍ L. Donaldson; S. Dodds; T. S. Walsh 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 112 KB

**Summary** We measured oxygen consumption using a new noninvasive modular metabolic monitor, M‐COVX™, in ventilated critically ill patients. Oxygen consumption was measured continuously as part of routine monitoring for up to 24 h following mechanical ventilation in 27 patients admitted to a genera