Abstract
Respiratory volume monitoring (RVM) has been developed to noninvasively measure minute ventilation (V̇E), tidal volume, and breathing frequency and to display real-time respiratory curves in nonintubated patients. Although RVM was originally developed for post-anesthesia and monitored anesthesia care, we describe 3 applications for this monitor in an otherwise austere setting at a missionary hospital in Kijabe, Kenya. Applications of RVM can be utilized in any ICU in a developing or developed country.
Footnotes
- Correspondence: Joseph J Schlesinger MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 1211 21st Avenue South, Medical Arts Building 526, Nashville, TN 37212. E-mail: joseph.j.schlesinger{at}vanderbilt.edu.
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Dr Schlesinger has disclosed no conflicts of interest.
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