Capnography: Clinical Aspects [Hardcover]

J. S. Gravenstein (Editor), Michael B. Jaffe (Editor), David A. Paulus (Editor)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0521540348 | ISBN-13: 978-0521540346 | Publication Date: December 6, 2004 | Edition: 1

Carbon dioxide in the respired gases gives evidence of life processes and the adequacy of breathing. The amount and concentration of the gas in the breath can be measured and monitored with instruments called capnographs, which are used whenever and wherever the breathing of a patient might be affected by disease or treatment. The book deals not only with the clinical application of these devices but also with the basic physiology of the generation and transport of carbon dioxide in the body. A technical section describes how the instruments work and a unique section tells the history of capnography. Over 40 contributors cover these aspects in the book, which has been edited by three experts in the field.

Editorial Reviews

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"This book is useful for anyone who deals with airway management or ventilated patients in clinical practice... no book addresses the wider applicability of this monitor in non-OR settings like ICUs, prehospital intubation, transportation of intubated patients, etc. The book is unique in exposing nonanesthesiologists to this very important monitor. Ventilatory problems can occur wherever patients are sedated, whether in a GI procedure room or cardiac catheterization lab or during an interventional radiology procedure. Training those physicians in the use of capnogram would prevent problems. This book is one such step in that direction." Doody's Review ServiceG

"...provides a much-needed update to the subject...I would certainly recommend the text both for general reading and as a reference manual to all anesthesiologists and intensivists." - Anesthesiology News, Elizabeth A.M. Frost, MD

"...an excellent addition to a reference library...Each author incorporates conclusions from published studies and examples of first-hand clinical experience in each of the chapters...This book would be useful to physicians, nurses, and respiratory therapists, both as a reference and as a teaching aid to enhance the clinical appplication of capnography." - Respiratory Care, Kenneth D. Hargett, RRT

"This book provides a comprehensive review of the use of capnography and the physiology of carbon dioxide. It also indicates the wealth of information that capnography may deliver routinely in the future. It would be a valuable addition to an anaestheic reference library." - Anaesthesia, O. Islam and C.J. Sweeting, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

"This book is a commendable attempt to cover an otherwise difficult subject in a readable yet systematic format." - European Journal of Anaesthesiology, M. Hariprasad, M.O. Columb

"...a very readable introduction to a topic addressed by few textbooks...It addresses the physiologic and technological considerations that need to be understod to make capnography a clinically useful tool and should be standard reading for those who depend on it as a basic anesthetic monitor." - Anesthesiology, Tuhin K. Roy, MD, PhD

"The reader would be challenged to come up with some aspect of time-based or volumetric capnography that is not covered in this book...an exceptionally valuable and comprehensive resource for the intensivist, anesthesiologist, pulmonary physiologist or therapist in all aspects of the field of capnogrpahy." - Focus, Michael McPeck

Book Description

Carbon dioxide in the respired gases gives evidence of life processes and the adequacy of breathing. The concentration of CO2 in the breath can be measured and monitored with instruments called capnographs, which are used whenever and wherever the breathing of a patient might be affected by disease or treatment.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 460 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (December 6, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521540348
• ISBN-13: 978-0521540346
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,225,395 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)