Journal of clinical monitoring
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Respiratory monitoring, using a novel flow sensor based on an acoustic principle, has been investigated in 30 patients during postoperative analgesia. Each patient was subjected to monitoring and human observation for 8 hr. The study was performed by independent observers at three clinics. ⋯ More than 800 apnea alarms were noted, using an alarm setting of 30 sec; 61% of the categorized alarms were noted by the observers as true apneas. From the recordings it was shown that the number of alarms can be reduced by a factor of four if the alarm setting is changed to 45 sec. We conclude that the suggested technique, with slight modifications, provides adequate respiratory monitoring of patients during postoperative analgesia.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Transcutaneous PCO2 and PO2: a multicenter study of accuracy.
A multicenter study used 756 samples from 251 patients in 12 institutions to compare arterial (PaO2, PaCO2) with transcutaneous (PsO2, PsCO2) oxygen and carbon dioxide tensions, measured usually at 44 degrees C. Of these samples, 336 were obtained from 116 neonates, 27 from 25 children with cystic fibrosis, and 140 from 40 patients under general anesthesia. Ninety-one patients were between 4 weeks and 18 years of age, 32 were between 18 and 60 years, and 12 were over 60. ⋯ Bias was + 0.2 +/- 2.7 mm Hg when PaCO2 was less than 30 mm Hg (N = 175, NS), 1.0 +/- 3.4 with 30 less than PaCO2 less than 40 (n = 329, p less than 0.001), and + 2.04 +/- 4.00 mm Hg with 40 less than PaCO2 less than 70 (n = 229, p less than 0.001). These data suggest that, using transcutaneous PCO2 monitors with inbuilt temperature correction of 4.5%/degrees C, the skin metabolic offset should be set to 6 mm Hg. The linear regression was PsCO2 = 1.052(PaCO2) - 0.56, Sy.x = 3.92, R = 0.929 (n = 756); and PsCO2 = 1.09(PaCO2) - 1.57, Sy.x = 4.17, R = 0.928 in neonates (n = 336).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)