30 Instructions for use Primus Infinity Empowered SW 4.5n
Overview
Abbreviations
List of abbreviations used in the soft-
ware and on the device
Abbreviation Explanation
Air/AIR Compressed air for medical use
APL Adjustable Pressure Limitation
BW Body weight
CAL Calibration
CO
2 Carbon dioxide
COM 1
COM 2
Interfaces used as MEDIBUS,
MEDIBUS.X interfaces.
CPAP Continuous positive airway pres-
sure
C
PAT Patient compliance
C
SYS System compliance
Des. Desflurane
∆
O2 Difference between inspiratory and
expiratory O2 concentration
∆
PPS Difference in pressure to PEEP in
Pressure Support mode
∆
VT Difference between inspiratory and
expiratory tidal volume
Enf. Enflurane
etCO
2 End-expiratory CO2 concentration
exp. Expiratory
Ext. Outlet External fresh gas mode
FG Fresh gas
Freq./freq. Frequency
Freq
MIN Mandatory minimum frequency in
Pressure Support mode
Hal. Halothane
HLM Heart lung machine
I:E Ratio of inspiratory time to expira-
tory time
inCO
2 Inspiratory CO2 concentration
inDes Inspiratory desflurane concentra-
tion
inEnf Inspiratory enflurane concentration
inHal Inspiratory halothane concentration
inIso Inspiratory isoflurane concentration
inO
2 Inspiratory O2 concentration
INOP Inoperable
inSev Inspiratory sevofluran concentra-
tion
insp. Inspiratory
Iso. Isoflurane
Leak
SYS System leakage
MAC Minimum Alveolar Concentration
Man.Spont.,
MAN/SPONT
Manual/spontaneous breathing
MV Expiratory minute volume
MV*CO
2 Expiratory minute volume CO2
MVLEAK Difference between inspiratory and
expiratory minute volume
MV
MAND Mandatory breathed expiratory
minute volume
MV
SPON Spontaneously breathed expiratory
minute volume
N
2O Nitrous oxide
O
2 Oxygen
O
2+ O2-Flush
P
AW Airway pressure
PAW-V loop Pressure/volume loop
PEAK Peak pressure
PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure
P
INSP Inspiratory pressure in Pressure
Mode
Abbreviation Explanation