Carbon Dioxide

Carbon dioxide. We all breathe it in, and breathe more of it out. But just how a patient breathes carbon dioxide out can tell us a lot about how they are doing. Our experts are Drs. Matthew Greer and John Anderson from UC Davis Medical Center.

 

Resources:

https://www.aliem.com

https://emcrit.org

UpToDate on capnography

Dr. Anderson has a chapter in Capnography. (2011). (n.p.): Cambridge University Press.

 

Country Hits is a production of Wisconsin's South Central Regional Trauma Advisory Council. Special thanks to the  UC Davis Departments of Surgery and Emergency Medicine. Jonathan Kohler is @jekohler on Twitter and at RxCreative.