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Intensive Care Med ; 30(11): 2129-32, 2004 Nov.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-15378240

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the use of volumetric capnography, a plot of expired CO(2) concentration against expired volume, in monitoring fibrinolytic treatment of major pulmonary embolism. DESIGN AND SETTING: Two case reports in the emergency department of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS: Two conscious and spontaneously breathing patients (69- and 31-year-old women) with major pulmonary embolism requiring thrombolysis. Decision for thrombolysis was based on the association of right ventricular afterload on echocardiography, with respiratory failure and hypotension in the first patient, and dyspnea and hemodynamically stable parameters in the second one. INTERVENTIONS: Successive capnographic measurements were performed before, during, and after thrombolysis. Curves of volumetric capnography were obtained from a sidestream gas monitor with flow sensor and an arterial blood gas analysis for CO(2) partial pressure. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: We calculated late deadspace fraction, previously suggested as the most effective capnographic parameter in the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. Late deadspace fraction decreased in the two patients, respectively, from 64.4% to 1.1% and from 25.6% to 5.7% after thrombolysis, with a concomitant disappearance of right heart dysfunction signs on echocardiography. CONCLUSIONS: Volumetric capnography can monitor thrombolysis in major pulmonary embolism. Differences between volumetric capnography technology and the more traditional arterial to end-tidal CO(2) gradient are important to take into account for clinical application.


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Capnografía/métodos , Sistemas de Atención de Punto , Embolia Pulmonar/terapia , Terapia Trombolítica , Adulto , Anciano , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Monitoreo Fisiológico/métodos
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Eur Radiol ; 12(5): 1218-20, 2002 May.
Artículo en Inglés | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11976870

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Our objective was to determine the value of the Ottawa knee rules when applied by users with different levels of clinical training. We used a prospective patient survey by the medical students and surgery residents of a European university trauma centre. The study group consisted of 261 eligible patients who presented with acute knee trauma during a 6-month period. Radiography or follow-up was obtained for each patient. Data were separately analysed according to the degree of qualification of the initial examiner. The Ottawa knee rules had a sensitivity and a negative predictive value of 1.00. Variable degree of medical competence of the users did not alter the accuracy of the rules. Application of the rules would have reduced knee radiography requests by 25%. The Ottawa knee rules remain highly sensitive when applied by medical users with different levels of qualification, such as encountered in a teaching setting.


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Traumatismos de la Rodilla/diagnóstico , Adolescente , Adulto , Anciano , Anciano de 80 o más Años , Europa (Continente) , Femenino , Hospitales de Enseñanza , Humanos , Traumatismos de la Rodilla/diagnóstico por imagen , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Valor Predictivo de las Pruebas , Radiografía , Estudios Retrospectivos , Sensibilidad y Especificidad , Centros Traumatológicos
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