Publication at Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové |
2020
Abstract
Capnometry is a simple, non-invasive and reliable method that measures the value of exhaled carbon dioxide (EtCO2) concentration. Not only the absolute value of EtCO2 itself is beneficial, but also its graphical representation in time - capnographic curve.
Capnometry provides useful information about the patient's cardiopulmonary apparatus: adequate minute lung ventilation, cardiac output, airway obstruction, and dead center ventilation. Capnometry reliably predicts the position of the tracheal tube in the airways and increases its effectiveness in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and allows a high probability of estimating the resumption of spontaneous circulation during resuscitation.