• Journal of critical care · Oct 2016

    Comment Letter

    The venous-arterial CO2 to arterial-venous O2 content difference ratio: Easy to monitor?

    • Pierre Eric Danin and Karim Bendjelid.
    • Anesthesia and Surgical Intensive Care, Nice University Hospital, Nice, France; INSERM U1065, Team 8, Nice, France. Electronic address: danin.pe@chu-nice.fr.
    • J Crit Care. 2016 Oct 1; 35: 217-8.

    AbstractBlood sampling for venous-arterial CO2 to arterial-venous O2 content difference ratio starts to be widely used as a hemodynamic monitoring tool, despite that this calculation remains cumbersome. We propose using indirect calorimetry and respiratory quotient for this purpose, with the same physiological concept.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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