Capnography Technology

No matter how many (or few) clinicians may be on the floor, hospital staff must strive to minimise events that can lead to longer hospital stays or transfers to the ICU. In every circumstance, clinicians must act quickly, safely, effectively and efficiently to meet the needs of a wide variety of patients, including those who are receiving opioids for pain management. To do so, accurate and reliable patient monitoring is essential.

Medtronic provides bedside and handheld capnography monitors along with a complete portfolio of single-use sampling lines.

From neonate to adult, for intubated and non-intubated patients, Medtronic capnography monitors are responsive and accurate, and provide continuous data for each patient’s oxygenation and ventilation status. 

The Capnostream™ 20p and the Capnostream™ 35 patient monitors with Microstream™ includes Smart Alarm Management™ Integrated Algorithms([FOOTNOTE=ECRI Institute. The Hazards of Alarm Overload: Keeping Excessive Physiologic Monitoring Alarms from Impeding Care. ECRI Guidance Article, March 2007.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=])^,([FOOTNOTE=Hockman S, Glembot T, Niebel K. Comparison of capnography derived respiratory rate alarm frequency using the SARA algorithm versus an established nonadaptive respiratory rate alarm management algorithm in bariatric surgical patients. Resp Care (Open Forum Abstracts). 2009;12.],[ANCHOR=],[LINK=]), a suite of algorithms proven to reduce alarms and simplify the use of patient monitoring to enhance patient safety and improve clinical efficiency.