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Continuous arterial gas monitoring: initial experience with the Paratrend 7 in children. 1996

I K Weiss, and S Fink, and S Edmunds, and R Harrison, and K Donnelly

Division of Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, UCLA Children's Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine 90095, USA.

OBJECTIVE To describe clinical usage of the Paratrend 7 continuous arterial blood gas monitor in children. METHODS Children older than 24 months of age who required significant ventilatory intervention were eligible for sensor placement. METHODS The sensor was placed via the arterial catheter to measure pH, PCO2, PO2, and temperature. The simultaneous arterial blood gas value was recorded along with the sensor reading. RESULTS The sensor functioned for as long as seven days and provided the clinicians with data on the patient's respiratory status. The statistical validity of the device when compared to the arterial blood gas showed that the bias/precision for pH was 0.006/0.024, for PCO2 -0.78/4.68 mmHg, and for PO2 1.9%/17.1% (mmHg). CONCLUSIONS This report demonstrates actual clinical use of continuous blood gas monitoring in children. The information obtained is a major asset to the management of critically ill children in the intensive care unit.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D008991	Monitoring, Physiologic	The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.	Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D012121	Respiration, Artificial	Any method of artificial breathing that employs mechanical or non-mechanical means to force the air into and out of the lungs. Artificial respiration or ventilation is used in individuals who have stopped breathing or have RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY to increase their intake of oxygen (O2) and excretion of carbon dioxide (CO2).	Ventilation, Mechanical,Mechanical Ventilation,Artificial Respiration,Artificial Respirations,Mechanical Ventilations,Respirations, Artificial,Ventilations, Mechanical
D012131	Respiratory Insufficiency	Failure to adequately provide oxygen to cells of the body and to remove excess carbon dioxide from them. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Acute Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure,Acute Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure,Hypercapnic Acute Respiratory Failure,Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure,Hypoxemic Acute Respiratory Failure,Hypoxemic Respiratory Failure,Respiratory Depression,Respiratory Failure,Ventilatory Depression,Depressions, Ventilatory,Failure, Hypercapnic Respiratory,Failure, Hypoxemic Respiratory,Failure, Respiratory,Hypercapnic Respiratory Failures,Hypoxemic Respiratory Failures,Respiratory Failure, Hypercapnic,Respiratory Failure, Hypoxemic,Respiratory Failures
D001784	Blood Gas Analysis	Measurement of oxygen and carbon dioxide in the blood.	Analysis, Blood Gas,Analyses, Blood Gas,Blood Gas Analyses,Gas Analyses, Blood,Gas Analysis, Blood
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002675	Child, Preschool	A child between the ages of 2 and 5.	Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D003422	Critical Care	Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis.	Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D005260	Female		Females