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.
aCardiothoracic Intensive Care Units, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-32, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
bCardiac Intensive Care Unit and Heart Failure Special Care Unit, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-32, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
cFrances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH USA
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