Hill Kathleen M, Klein Deborah G
Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Units, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, P-32, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 2006 Jun;18(2):211-5, x. doi: 10.1016/j.ccell.2006.02.003.
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.
目前已有可经皮测量二氧化碳水平的技术。对通气不足或疑似脓毒症患者进行快速评估,可改善治疗决策,包括是否需要入住重症监护病房以及是否需要进行肺动脉导管插入术。