title: Transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring.
abstract: Technologies now exist that measure carbon dioxide levels transcutaneously. Rapid assessment of patients who have depressed ventilation or suspected sepsis can improve treatment decisions including the need for admission to the ICU and pulmonary artery catheterization.
authors.affiliation: Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-32, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA. hillk4@ccf.org
authors.forename: Kathleen M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Deborah G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Klein
mesh_terms: D001785:Blood Gas Monitoring, Transcutaneous / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods*; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D006935:Hypercapnia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D016857:Hypocapnia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000378:metabolism; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D018579:Patient Selection; D011659:Pulmonary Gas Exchange; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide