Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Introduction
Apollo Operator’s Manual 15
Part Number: 90 38 237, 6th edition
PAW Airway pressure
PEAK Peak pressure
PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure
P
INSP Pressure limitation in pressure mode
PLAT Plateau pressure
Pleth Plethysmogram
P
MAX Pressure limitation in volume mode
Press Mode Pressure mode
Pressure-controlled ventilation
Press. Supp. Pressure support mode
Pressure-assisted ventilation
PS Pressure support
Sev. Sevoflurane
SORC Sensitive Oxygen Ratio Controller
SpO
2
Functional O
2
saturation
sync Synchronization
T
IP : TINSP Ratio of inspiratory pause time to
inspiration time
T
INSP Inspiration time
T
SLOPE Rise time
UPS Uninterruptible power supply
VAC Vacuum (e.g., for secretion suction)
Vent. Ventilation symbols
Vol. Volumeter
Vol Mode Volume mode
Volume-controlled ventilation
V
T Tidal volume
VTINSP Measured inspiratory tidal volume
Abbreviation Meaning