End-Tidal Carbon Dioxide Measured at Emergency Department Triage Outperforms Standard Triage Vital Signs in Predicting In-Hospital Mortality and ICU admission.

Jay G LaddeStacie MillerKevin ChinCole FefferGeorge GulenayKirsten KeppleChristopher HunterJosef G ThundiyilLinda Papa

Published in: Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (2023)

ETCO2 was a better predictor of in-hospital mortality and ICU admission than the standard vital signs at ED triage. ETCO2 correlated significantly with measures of metabolic acidosis.

Keyphrases

emergency department
carbon dioxide
intensive care unit
mechanical ventilation
adverse drug
acute respiratory distress syndrome