Research Article
Can Transcutaneous CO2 Tension Be Used to Calculate Ventilatory Dead Space? A Pilot Study
Table 1
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics ().
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Patients may have more than one comorbidity. Miscellaneous comorbidities included cirrhosis, chronic kidney disease, HIV and malignancy. All patients maintained on volume assist control mode of mechanical ventilation. Measured only in 27 patients who had a pulmonary artery catheter. Abbreviations: CABG: coronary artery bypass graft; APACHE: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation. |