We may not typically consider blood draws and heel sticks to be a large driver of patients losing blood, but the issue carries greater significance with neonatal patients, who don’t have much blood to give in the first place.

There is a long list of decisions to make when adopting new technology in a hospital unit, and transcutaneous monitoring is no exception. Some of the most overlooked decisions in our experience are those around mounting and storing the devices both during monitoring, while not in use, as well as for performing maintenance.

To manage the CO2, the main tool is your ventilation strategy. However, freely increasing the rate, volume, and pressure without careful consideration presents its own set of issues. The ventilation that is important to keep CO2 in a safe range for brain protection is the same ventilation that could damage the lungs.

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