VF8 DELTA/DELTA XL/KAPPA A-5
RA (IBP) Right Atrial pressure
Raw Airway Resistance
RESP Respiration Rate as measured by ECG electrodes
RL Right Leg
Rv Right Ventricular pressure
RRc Respiratory Rate as calculated from the end-tidal CO
2
(etCO
2
)
capnograph
RSBI Rapid Shallow Breath Index
RUN Arrhythmia call
s Second, Spontaneous
S or Sys Systolic pressure
Sevoflurane An anesthetic agent
SLA Sealed lead-acid battery; used for the external battery
SpO
2
Percentage of oxygen-saturated hemoglobin in the blood, as
measured by pulse oximetry
ST deviation The displacement of the ST segment of the ECG waveform over the
isoelectric line
STCVM ST Change in Vector Magnitude
STVM ST Vector Magnitude
Strip chart The paper copy of patient data printed out from a recorder
SV Stroke Volume
SVI Stroke Volume Index
SVR Systemic Vascular Resistance
SVRI Systemic Vascular Resistance Index
SYNC or Sync Synchronization
T1a, T1b
T2a, T2b
T3a, T3b
Patient temperature (through the hemodynamic pods)
Ta Patient temperature (through the MultiMed pod)
TACH Tachychardia
TENS Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulator
TV Tidal Volume
TValv Alveolar Tidal Volume
TVCO2 Tidal Volume CO2
V Volt
V (ECG) Chest
VCO2 minute elimination
Vent Flow/Volume