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Carbon dioxide field flooding techniques for open heart surgery: monitoring and minimizing potential adverse effects
1Lahey Clinic Medical Center, Burlington, Massachusetts, USA. nadolny@concentric.net
Perfusion
|May 2, 2000
Abstract:
The use of carbon dioxide for displacement of air in cardiac surgery can have potential adverse effects on blood gas strategies. Presented is a method of monitoring carbon dioxide in the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit and limiting the potential for severe hypercarbia during cardiopulmonary bypass.