Program targets reductions in Respiratory Compromise events with MicrostreamTM Capnography
Cases of Respiratory Compromise are expected to increase 31% by 2019.2 And 11.6% of adult elective surgery patients will suffer from Respiratory Compromise.1
Learn MoreThe cost of inpatient stays related to Respiratory Compromise estimated to be 37 Billion + by 2019.1
Learn MorePatients with Respiratory Compromise who originated on the General Care Floor are 29x more likely to die.2
Learn MoreSample annual capnography cost for mid-sized hospital (100-300 beds): $50,000*
Average savings in published studies >$1,000,000‡
Clinical Value: potentially saving lives
Thursday, July 15th
Admitted to hospital for severe sore throat. Treatment with oral analgesics was not relieving pain
Friday, July 16th
Put on a PCA pump with opioids, monitored intermittently by spotcheck oximetry and vitals.
Saturday, July 17th
Amanda was found unresponsive and resuscitation efforts were unsuccessful
1. Agarwal, SJ, Erslon, MG, Bloom, JD. Projected incidence and cost of respiratory failure, insufficiency and arrest in Medicare population, 2019. Abstract presented at Academy Health Congress, June 2011.
2. Linde-Zwirble WL, Bloom JD, Mecca RS, Hansell DM. Postoperative pulmonary complications in adult elective surgery patients in the US: severity, outcomes and resources use. Critical Care. March
‡ Adult patients receiving sedatives and/or opiods/PCA on the General Care Floornostra, per inceptos himenaeos. Nam vitae placerat ante. Cras ac mauris vel neque interdum ultricies.