Concordance between capnography and capnia in adults admitted for acute dyspnea in an ED
Autor: | R. Renault, Yonathan Freund, Samuel Castro, Patrick Ray, Gaëlle Juillien, Sebastien Chopin, Bruno Riou, Catherine Devilliers, S. Delerme |
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Rok vydání: | 2009 |
Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Exacerbation Concordance Hypercapnia Capnography medicine Tidal Volume Humans Lung Diseases Obstructive Prospective Studies Asthma Aged medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Medicine Emergency department Middle Aged medicine.disease respiratory tract diseases Surgery Pneumonia Dyspnea Anesthesia Emergency Medicine Breathing Arterial blood Feasibility Studies Female Blood Gas Analysis business Emergency Service Hospital |
Zdroj: | The American journal of emergency medicine. 28(6) |
ISSN: | 1532-8171 |
Popis: | Background End-tidal carbon dioxide pressure (etCO 2 ) is widely used in anaesthesia and critical care in intubated patients. The aim of our preliminary study was to evaluate the feasibility of a simple device to predict capnia in spontaneously breathing patients in an emergency department (ED). Patients and methods This study was a prospective, nonblind study performed in our teaching hospital ED. We included nonintubated patients with dyspnea (≥18 years) requiring measurement of arterial blood gases, as ordered by the emergency physician in charge. There were no exclusion criteria. End-tidal CO 2 was measured by an easy-to-use device connected to a microstream capnometer, which gave a continuous measurement and graphical display of the etCO 2 level of a patient's exhaled breath. Results A total of 43 patients (48 measurements) were included, and the majority had pneumonia (n = 12), acute cardiac failure (n = 8), asthma (n = 7), or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation (n = 6). Using simple linear regression, the correlation between etCO 2 and Paco 2 was good ( R = 0.82). However, 18 measurements (38%) had a difference between etCO 2 and Paco 2 of 10 mm Hg or more. The mean difference between the Paco 2 and etCO 2 levels was 8 mm Hg. Using the Bland and Altman matrix, the limits of agreement were −10 to +26 mm Hg. Conclusion In our preliminary study, etCO 2 using a microstream method does not seem to accurately predict Paco 2 in patients presenting to an ED for acute dyspnea. |
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