System overview
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Instructions for use D-Vapor/D-Vapor 3000
Abbreviations
Abbreviation Description
°C Degree Celsius, unit of tempera-
ture
°F Degree Fahrenheit, unit of tem-
perature
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Air Medical compressed air
ASTM American Society for Testing and
Materials
cmH
2O Unit of pressure
(1 cmH
2O = ca.1 mbar)
CO
2 Medical carbon dioxide
CSA Canadian Standards Association
DC Direct current
EN European standard
ft Foot, unit of length
hPa Hectopascal (1 mbar = 100 Pa or
1 hPa), unit of pressure
IEC International Electrotechnical Com-
mission, organization for interna-
tional standards
in Inch, unit of length
ISO International Organization for Stan-
dardization
kg Kilogram, unit of mass
kPa Kilopascal, unit of pressure
lbs Pound, unit of mass
m Meter, unit of length
MAC Minimum Alveolar Concentration
mL Milliliter, unit of volume
mm Millimeter, unit of length
MRI Magnetic resonance imaging
MV Minute volume
N
2O Medical nitrous oxide
NMD Narkomed
(name for anesthesia machine
from Draeger, Inc., USA, formerly
North American Dräger)
O
2 Medical oxygen
Pa Pascal (1 mbar = 100 Pa or 1 hPa),
unit of pressure
P
EIRP Equivalent isotropic transmission
power of the adjacent radio equip-
ment
psi Pound force per square inch, unit of
pressure
rel. %. Relative deviation from value in %
STPD Standard temperature and pres-
sure, dry
20 °C (68 °F), 1013 hPa, dry gas
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VAH Verbund für
Angewandte Hygiene e.V. (Associ-
ation for Applied Hygiene)
Vol Volume
Vol% Volume percent of anesthetic agent
in fresh gas at vaporizer outlet. Unit
of dosing
V
T Tidal volume
Abbreviation Description