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Splendors and miseries of expired CO2 measurement in the suspicion of pulmonary embolism

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Verschuren, Franck [UCL] Perrier, Arnaud

Capnography has been studied for decades as a potential diagnostic tool for suspected pulmonary embolism. Despite technological refinements and its combination with other non-invasive instruments, no evidence to date allows recommending the use of expired carbon dioxide measurement as a rule-out test for pulmonary embolism without additional radiological testing. Further investigations are, however, still warranted.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Comment, Letter
Access type Accès libre
Publication date 2010
Language Anglais
Journal information "Critical Care" - Vol. 14, no. 1, p. 110 (2010)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Biomed Central Ltd (London)
issn 1466-609X
Publication status Publié
Affiliations UCL - Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc
UCL - SSS/IREC - Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique
MESH Subject Pulmonary Embolism - diagnosis ; Humans ; Carbon Dioxide - analysis ; Breath Tests
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Bibliographic reference Verschuren, Franck ; Perrier, Arnaud. Splendors and miseries of expired CO2 measurement in the suspicion of pulmonary embolism. In: Critical Care, Vol. 14, no. 1, p. 110 (2010)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/33932