End-tidal to arterial carbon dioxide gradient is associated with increased mortality in patients with traumatic brain injury: a retrospective observational study

Abstract Early definitive airway protection and normoventilation are key principles in the treatment of severe traumatic brain injury. These are currently guided by end tidal CO2 as a proxy for PaCO2. We assessed whether the difference between end tidal CO2 and PaCO2 at hospital admission is associa...

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Main Authors: Pascal Doppmann, Lorenz Meuli, Stephen J. M. Sollid, Miodrag Filipovic, Jürgen Knapp, Aristomenis Exadaktylos, Roland Albrecht, Urs Pietsch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89913-x