title: [Experiences with capnometry in pediatric intensive care].
abstract: We investigated the correlation between arterial and end-tidal pCO2 in 17 children during intensive care. The indications for using capnometry were noninvasive monitoring of ventilation after cardiac surgery or during complicated course of illness or for control of intended hyperventilation. We found a good correlation between arterial and end-tidal pCO2 in the overall patient population (r = 0.82), but the relationship varied widely from patient to patient. There was only a weak correlation (r = 0.44) in pCO2 over 45 mm Hg. Hyperventilation could be identified in 64.2%, whereas hypoventilation was correctly indicated in only 23%.
authors.affiliation: Klinik mit Poliklinik für Kinder und Jugendliche, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scharf
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wölfel
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Maier
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rupprecht
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Singer
mesh_terms: D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000032:analysis* / Q000097:blood; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010313:Partial Pressure; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide
vernacular_title: Erfahrungen mit der Kapnometrie in der pädiatrischen Intensivtherapie.