A portable quantitative capnometer in test.
A new hand-held quantitative capnometer (BCI Capnocheck) was tested in the animal lab setting. The end-tidal CO2 values, as measured with this device, showed good agreement with arterial (Paco2) values. This device seems suited for quantitative capnometry in the prehospital setting. It must be noted, however, that this device has no alarms.
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