TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Monitoring Respiratory Function A1 - Hess, Dean R. A1 - Kacmarek, Robert M. A2 - Longnecker, David E. A2 - Mackey, Sean C. A2 - Newman, Mark F. A2 - Sandberg, Warren S. A2 - Zapol, Warren M. PY - 2017 T2 - Anesthesiology, 3e AB - KEY POINTSArterial blood gases are used to assess oxygenation, ventilation, and acid–base balance.The right-to-left shunt fraction is the gold standard index of oxygenation efficiency in the lungs.Dead space is that portion of the minute ventilation that does not participate in gas exchange.Acid–base balance is explained by the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation or the strong ion difference.Whereas arterial blood gases primarily reflect lung function, venous blood gases reflect the adequacy of tissue oxygenation and tissue carbon dioxide clearance.Pulse oximeters pass two or more wavelengths of light through a pulsating vascular bed to measure arterial oxygen saturation, carboxyhemoglobin, and methemoglobin.The role of monitoring cerebral oxygenation in patients with traumatic brain injury is unclear.Capnometry is the measurement of CO2 at the airway opening during the ventilatory cycle.The use of capnometry to monitor procedural sedation is increasingly common.Current standards recommend the use of capnography to assess the quality of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.Transcutaneous Po2 is measured with a Clark electrode and transcutaneous Pco2 is measured using a Severinghaus electrode.Pulmonary mechanics is the expression of lung function through measurements of pressure and flow; from these measurements, a variety of derived indices can be determined, such as volume, compliance, resistance, and work of breathing. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1144115998 ER -