On 2014 Jul 24, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary:

"End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring Unhelpful in Sedation"

Capnography during procedural sedation has rapidly become standard practice in the interests of “safety” – despite decades of Emergency Medicine experience safely performing sedation without. The theory: earlier detection of inadequate ventilation allows for intervention and prevention of hypoxemic episodes. In the most prominent randomized trial, there was a 17% absolute reduction in transient hypoxemic events. Critics appropriately point out, however, that transient events are hardly a meaningful patient-oriented outcome....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2014/07/end-tidal-co2-monitoring-unhelpful-in.html

On 2014 Jul 24, Ryan Radecki commented:

Post-publication commentary:

"End-Tidal CO2 Monitoring Unhelpful in Sedation"

Capnography during procedural sedation has rapidly become standard practice in the interests of “safety” – despite decades of Emergency Medicine experience safely performing sedation without. The theory: earlier detection of inadequate ventilation allows for intervention and prevention of hypoxemic episodes. In the most prominent randomized trial, there was a 17% absolute reduction in transient hypoxemic events. Critics appropriately point out, however, that transient events are hardly a meaningful patient-oriented outcome....

http://www.emlitofnote.com/2014/07/end-tidal-co2-monitoring-unhelpful-in.html