Posted by Tariq Janjua,MD on March 12, 2003 at 11:43:17:In Reply to: End Tidal CO2 posted by David Bresch on March 06, 2003 at 21:10:26:
End tidal CO2 method of monitoring airflow is widely used in pediatirc sleep monitoring because children with sleep apnea frequently have long periods of hypoventilation ( high end tidal CO2), rather than discrete apneas and hyponeas.