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Volumetric capnography as a screening test for pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.

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STUDY OBJECTIVE:To compare the diagnostic performance of volumetric capnography (VCap), which is the plot of the expired CO(2) partial pressure against the expired volume during a single breath, with the PaCO(2) to end-tidal CO(2) (EtCO(2)) gradient, in the case of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE). DESIGN:Single-center, prospective study. SETTING:Emergency department of a teaching hospital. PATIENTS:A total of 45 outpatients with positive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay d-dimer levels of > 500 ng/mL. The diagnosis of PE was confirmed in 18 outpatients according to a validated procedure based on the ventilation-perfusion lung scan and/or spiral CT scanning. INTERVENTIONS:Curves of VCap were obtained from a compact monitor connected to a computer. A sequence of four to six stable breaths allowed the calculation of the following several variables: alveolar dead space fraction; the ratio of alveolar dead space (VDalv) to airway dead space (VDaw); the VDalv to physiologic dead space (VDphys) fraction; the slope of phase 3; and the late dead space fraction (Fdlate) corresponding to the extrapolation of the capnographic curve to a volume of 15% of the predicted total lung capacity. RESULTS:The mean (+/- SD) PaCO(2)-EtCO(2) gradient was 5.3 +/- 0.7 mm Hg in the PE-positive group and 2.8 +/- 0.7 mm Hg in the PE-negative group (p = 0.019). Four variables of the VCap exhibited a statistical difference between both groups, as follows: the VDalv/VDaw fraction(;) the slope of phase 3; the VDalv/VDphys fraction; and the Fdlate, which was 8.2 +/- 3.3% vs -7.7 +/- 2.8%, respectively (p = 0.000011). The diagnostic performance expressed as the mean area under a receiver operating characteristic curve comparison was 75.9 +/- 7.4% for the PaCO(2)-EtCO(2) gradient and 87.6 +/- 4.9% for the Fdlate (p = 0.02). CONCLUSION:Fdlate, a variable of VCap, had a statistically better diagnostic performance in suspected PE than the PaCO(2)-EtCO(2) gradient. VCap is a promising computer-assisted bedside application of pulmonary pathophysiology. Future research should define the place of this technique in the diagnostic workup of PE, especially in the presence of positive d-dimers.

journal_name

Chest

journal_title

Chest

authors

Verschuren F,Liistro G,Coffeng R,Thys F,Roeseler J,Zech F,Reynaert M

doi

10.1378/chest.125.3.841

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2004-03-01 00:00:00

pages

841-50

issue

eissn

0012-3692

issn

1931-3543

pii

S0012-3692(15)31918-8

journal_volume

125

pub_type

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Volumetric capnography as a screening test for pulmonary embolism in the emergency department.