2-20 DELTA/DELTA XL/KAPPA VF8
2 M
ONITOR SETUP
Correction
Factors
Adjusts the tpCO
2
values to more closely
align them with arterial CO
2
values by
compensating for certain metabolic
factors.
NOTES:
• The monitor does not apply correction
factors while the electrode is in the
calibration chamber.
• When you change the correction factor
setting, the monitor displays a line in the
trend graph and an event marker (+CF
or -CF) into the trend table.
• Changing settings in the Unit Manager
menu while monitoring invalidates
tpO
2
/CO
2
sensor calibration. A message
prompts you to recalibrate the sensor.
• Severing (default) – The
monitor applies the
Severinghaus/metabolic
correction factors to tpCO
2
parameter and trend values
according to the following
equation
:
tpCO
2Severinghaus
=
[tpCO
2uncorrected
* e
-0.0484(t-37)
]-k
where:
t = sensor temperature; k=metabolic
correction factor = 4 (fixed)
• None – No correction factors
are applied.
Extend Site Timer Clears the site timer alarm and extends
the site timer by 30 minutes. This
extension is only allowed once.
NOTES:
• Selection is ghosted and not selectable
until the TP/TP* site timer alarm sounds.
• Once activated, the selection is ghosted
again and is not selectable until the site
has been changed and the timer has
expired for that TP or TP* site.
• If the Site Timer Control setting has
been set to Manager in Unit Manager
menu, the Extend Site Timer setting on
the tpO
2
/CO
2
setup menu is ghosted.
• If the Auto Heater Shutdown setting is
set to ON in the Unit Manager menu, the
Extend Site Timer setting on the
tpO
2
/CO
2
setup menu is ghosted on the
Unit Manager menu.
• If the Site Timer Control setting is set to
Nurse, the Extend Site Timer setting is
ghosted on the Unit Manager menu.
Not applicable
The Unit Manager Menu
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