Capnography
Subtitle: Clinical Aspects
Contributors: J. S. Gravenstein (Editor); Michael B. Jaffe (Editor); David A. Paulus (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 6, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 460
ISBN-13: 9780521540346
Subjects: Anaesthetics; Physiology; Capnography; Medical / Nursing; Medical; methods; Pulmonary & Thoracic Medicine; Medical / Laboratory Medicine; Anesthesiology; Respiratory gas monitoring
First sentence: Unless you are on cardiopulmonary bypass or in deep hypothermia, you must breathe, that is, you must ventilate your lungs to pick up oxygen and deliver carbon dioxide (CO2) from the lungs to the outside.