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Capnography — is the monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the respiratory gases. Its main development has been as a monitoring tool for use during anaesthesia and intensive care. It is usually presented as a graph of… … Wikipedia
capnography — noun The monitoring of the concentration or partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the respiratory gases, generally during anaesthesia and intensive care. See Also: capnogram … Wiktionary
capnography — n. monitoring the concentration of exhaled carbon dioxide in order to assess the physiologic status of patients (i.e. who suffer from acute respiratory problems, who are receiving mechanical ventilation and who are under general anesthesia) … English contemporary dictionary
Intubation — In medicine, intubation refers to the placement of a tube into an external or internal orifice of the body. Although the term can refer to endoscopic procedures, it is most often used to denote tracheal intubation. Tracheal intubation is the… … Wikipedia
Medical monitor — as used in anesthesia A medical monitor or physiological monitor or display, is an electronic medical device used in medical monitoring that displays the monitored data, and may or may not have the ability to transmit the data on a monitoring… … Wikipedia
Pulse oximetry — Pulse oximeter Pulse oximetry is a non invasive method allowing the monitoring of the oxygenation of a patient s hemoglobin. A sensor is placed on a thin part of the patient s body, usually a fingertip or earlobe, or in the case of an infant,… … Wikipedia
Capnograph — A capnograph is an instrument used to measure the carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in an air sample. It does this by measuring the absorption of infrared light, which is absorbed particularly well by carbon dioxide. Capnographs (or capnometer)… … Wikipedia
Ventilation/perfusion ratio — In respiratory physiology, the ventilation/perfusion ratio (or V/Q ratio) is a measurement used to assess the efficiency and adequacy of the matching of two variables: [LoyolaMedEd|Medicine/pulmonar/physio/pf9.htm#q1] * V ventilation the air… … Wikipedia
Tracheal intubation — Intervention Anesthesiologist using the Glidescope video laryngoscope to intubate the trachea of a morbidly obese elderly person with challenging airway anatomy … Wikipedia
Dead space (physiology) — Blood gas, acid base, gas exchange terms PaO2 Arterial oxygen tension, or partial pressure PAO2 Alveolar oxygen tension, or partial pressure PACO2 Arterial carbon dioxide tension, or partial pressure PaCO2 Alveolar carbon dioxide tension, or… … Wikipedia
