Why use Microstream® capnography instead of a colorimetric device?
A colorimetric device is only useful for a brief time and it then must be thrown away. It can be damaged by moisture, must be visualized in good lighting and it produces no actual EtCO2 value. A colorimetric device is not a vigilance monitor for ongoing ETT placement assessment. A colorimetric device has no alarms and no waveforms. A colorimetric device cannot display respiratory rate. Microstream® EtCO2 can be used as a vigilance monitor for all intubated and non-intubated patients in all environments.
