This is end-tidal CO 2 (ETCO 2) which is normally 35 to 45 mm Hg in dogs and 28 to 32 mm Hg in cats. The number represents capnometry, which is the partial pressure of CO 2 detected at the end of exhalation. Waveform capnography represents the amount of carbon dioxide (CO 2) in exhaled air, which assesses ventilation. What is capnography?Ĭapnography 2 is the measurement of carbon dioxide in a patient’s breath over time. For instance, just as the anesthesiologists found in their study, monitoring CO 2 in a patient’s breath instantly confirms whether tracheal intubation was successful. For some of these problems, both physiologic and equipment-related, there is no other parameter that will alert you of trouble before the patient is adversely affected. Equipment-related anesthetic problems can be promptly detected and corrected when using capnography.
Capnography reflects changes in circulation resulting from poor cardiac output, variations in ventilation frequency and rate, or restrictive disease. It can pick up changes in metabolism that result from factors such as fluctuation in a patient ’s temperature that causes an increase or decrease in CO 2 excretion. 1 Some of those reported cases included death or injury from intubation error.Ĭapnography, which is the measurement of carbon dioxide in a patient’s breath, provides a good picture of the respiratory process, which comprises metabolism, circulation, and ventilation. In a closed claim study, anesthesiologists who reviewed 1,175 anesthetic-related closed malpractice claims found capnography and pulse oximetry could have potentially prevented 93 percent of avoidable anesthetic mishaps. The association’s guidelines include ensuring adequate ventilation to patients receiving general anesthesia, providing continuous evaluation of ventilation, and verifying correct positioning of an endotracheal (ET) tube by measuring CO 2 in the expired gas. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) considers monitoring CO 2 a standard of basic anesthetic protocol. Capnography can also be used to non-invasively monitor ventilation in spontaneously breathing patients.By Jenny Flynn, LVT Capnography provides a good picture of the respiratory process. 1īecause monitoring EtCO 2 allows for a continuous evaluation of ventilatory status (including patency of breathing circuit) and adequacy of cardiac output, it is required during anesthesia for procedures, 2 and increasingly used in pre-hospital emergency medical services (EMS), emergency departments (EDs), and intensive care unit (ICUs). A continuous measure of airway patency and ongoing cardiovascular circulationĬapnography is an important tool used by clinicians to identify alterations in ventilation and cardiac output, as well as an acute warning of certain potentially life-threatening conditions such as apnea airway obstruction, extubation, pulmonary embolus, and cardiac arrest.Respiratory Rate (RR) derived from counting the frequency of exhaled CO 2 plateaus.A numerical value for EtCO 2 - the exhaled CO 2 value at end exhalation (top of plateau).A waveformshowing a graphical display of CO 2 levels during breathing (capnogram).Changes in EtCO 2 can signal changes in cardiovascular function as well as respiratory events. 1 The EtCO 2 is directly related with metabolism, cardiac output, and pulmonary blood flow and inversely related to dead space (not ventilated alveoli and conducting airways).
EtCO 2 is most accurately measured in intubated patients, and in those with tight fitting masks (no air leak during inhalation or exhalation).
The EtCO 2 reflects efficiency with which CO 2 is carried from its origin in metabolizing cells through capillaries to the alveoli where it is exchanged with O 2, and then exhaled via conducting airways through the trachea to the nasopharynx and oropharynx where it is released from the body. End-tidal carbon dioxide (EtCO 2) is the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO 2) at the end of an exhaled breath.
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