Abstract and Introduction We report a case of a patient with right pleural effusion who, during video-assisted thoracoscopy for biopsy and diagnosis, developed a sudden rise in end-tidal carbon ...

Severe airway obstruction, mouth breathing or limitation of expiratory flow, etc. may also influence the ETCO 2 accuracy. Transcutaneous carbon dioxide monitoring (tc p CO 2) shows trends of PaCO 2.

Interventions (or Assessment of Risk Factors) Participants breathed room air for 5-minutes and then 5% CO2 for 3-minutes during which end-tidal CO2 (EtCO2, by capnograph), respiration rate (RR), and ...

Discussion The introduction of carbon dioxide into the pleural cavity is often used to facilitate thoracoscopy. Daniel and colleagues, [1] in 1994, reported a case in which the use of carbon ...