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EMERGENCY MEDICINE AUSTRALASIA
Volume 32, Issue 1, Pages 164-165Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.13418
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monitoring; non-invasive ventilation; patient safety; toxicology
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Objective To assess the ability of end-tidal capnography to provide continuous ventilatory monitoring in sedated, non-intubated ED patients following sedative overdose. Methods Observational study undertaken in a tertiary hospital ED. Patient ventilation was assessed using capnography over 60 min. Results Capnography provided uninterrupted monitoring for 99% of total study time. Capnography detected all episodes of hypoxia detected by SpO(2) monitoring. Changes in capnography preceded 70% of hypoxic episodes detected by SpO(2). There were no major adverse events or incidents of device failure. Conclusion Capnography provided reliable measurement of ventilatory function in sedated non-intubated, poisoned ED patients.
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