Capnografia

Overview & Synopsis

In the next chapter, the physiology of CO2, the history of capnography, will be addressed, allowing us to see the advances in this type of monitor over time, as well as the definition between capnography and capnometry, in ad-dition, knowing the different equipment that exists and the differences be-tween each of them, in the same way, recognize the type of graph that is pro-duced in each clinical situation of the patient, which will allow identifying the problems in the mechanically ventilated patient, allowing solutions to the event in the patient. On the other hand, know its indications and finally studies related to this type of monitoring will be addressed.