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- Sarah Eisenbacher and Lisa Heard.
- Endoscopy Suite Digestive Health Center, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
- Gastroenterol Nurs. 2005 Mar 1;28(2):99-105; quiz 105-6.
AbstractThis article provides the reader with information and education regarding the use of capnography for both adult and pediatric patients undergoing procedural sedation during endoscopy by: reviewing the basics of capnography, in addition to the physiology of ventilation and oxygenation; illustrating how capnography may provide an earlier warning of hypoxemia than does pulse oximetry; briefly discussing current guidelines for procedural sedation and the potential role of capnography; and reviewing clinical situations causing changes in the capnogram waveforms and the nursing interventions that should be made in response to such changes.
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