User's Manual

Ultraview Care Network
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Storing Values for Trending
You can store values into memory for pressure trend displays for use in clinical
calculations.
Recording Waveforms
You can print pressure waveforms and values. Refer to Printing on page 4-5 for
additional information.
Setting Artifact Rejection
Variations in intrathoracic pressures during the respiratory cycle can influence
invasive pressures; especially PA, PCWP and CVP. The respiratory artifact
rejection feature minimizes the impact of such variations by automatically
selecting data from waveform peaks that have little change in amplitude from
peak to peak. End-expiration is typically the time with the least variation. The
artifact rejection feature works equally well in both mechanically-ventilated and
spontaneously-breathing patients.
In patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, intrathoracic pressures
during respiration are different than those in patients with normal lung function.
Disable artifact rejection when monitoring these patients.
The factory default for artifact rejection is ON for PA pressure only, and OFF for all
other pressure labels.
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• The pressure scales should not be changed during a recording.
This may lead to an annotation on the recorded strip that does
not match the actual scale of the recording.
To store values in memory:
1 Touch the desired pressure
parameter key.
2 Touch SCALES.
3 Use arrow keys to position
cursor.
For ART, PRS, UA and UV
4 Select SAVE SYS, SAVE DIA
or SAVE MEAN.
For CVP, RAP, LAP or ICP
5 Touch SAVE MEAN.
For PA
6 Touch SAVE PCWP.
To print pressure waveforms:
1 Touch RECORD.
2 Touch flashing PRESSURE
parameter key.
To activate respiration artifact
rejection:
1 Touch the desired pressure
parameter key.
2 Touch SETUP.
3 Select ART REJ ON.