User's Manual

Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations Glossary
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16.1 Terms, Acronyms and Abbreviations
TERMS DEFINITIONS
Agent The gas used to anesthetize a patient during surgery
Arrhythmia Abnormal ECG rhythms
Bedside Monitor A monitoring device that has its own user interface and does
not require the Panorama Central Station to be its primary
monitoring source
Heart Rate Number of heartbeats detected during a one minute time
period
Internet Protocol (IP) The TCP/IP is the standard protocol that defines the IP
datagram as the unit of information passed across an Internet.
IP provides the basis for connectionless, best effort packet
delivery of services.
Invasive Blood
Pressure (IBP)
Method of obtaining blood pressure using an internal pressure
sensor
Monitoring Device This is the instrumentation connected to the patient. The
monitoring device acquires the patient data and then transmits
it onto the network.
Non-Invasive Blood
Pressure (NIBP)
Method of obtaining blood pressure using an external cuff
Panorama Central
Network
Supports hardwired communication between Panorama
Central Stations and laser printers
Panorama Patient
Network
Supports hardwired communication of the real-time patient
data collected by monitoring devices attached to the patient
Panorama Wireless
Network
Supports wireless communications between the monitoring
devices and the Panorama Server.
Persistent Data or settings maintained and remain available until
purposely edited or deleted
Respiration Number of breaths during a one minute time period
SpO
2
Level of Oxygen Saturation in the blood
ST The ST portion of the ECG waveform