COMPARISON OF END-TIDAL AND ARTERIAL CARBON-DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS DURING ANESTHESIA WITH THE LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY

Authors
HICKS IR SONI NC SHEPHARD JN
Citation
Ir. Hicks et al., COMPARISON OF END-TIDAL AND ARTERIAL CARBON-DIOXIDE MEASUREMENTS DURING ANESTHESIA WITH THE LARYNGEAL MASK AIRWAY, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 71(5), 1993, pp. 734-735
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
71
Issue
5
Year of publication
1993
Pages
734 - 735
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1993)71:5<734:COEAAC>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
We have confirmed the value of measurement of end-tidal carbon dioxide concentration as an indicator of arterial carbon dioxide tension duri ng the use of the laryngeal mask airway in healthy patients breathing spontaneously. The mean difference between arterial and end-tidal carb on dioxide tension was 0.52 kPa (range 0-1.5 kPa), which is similar to the difference which has been reported when a tracheal tube has been used.