Edwards HemoSphere

HemoSphere Advanced Monitor 1 Introduction
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1.6 Manual style conventions
Table 1-9 lists the style conventions used in this manual.
1.7 Abbreviations Found in This Manual
Table 1-9 Operator’s manual style conventions
Convention Description
Bold Bold text indicates a software term. This word or phrase will appear on the
screen as shown.
Bold button A button is a touch screen access point for the option appearing in bold.
For example, the Review button appears on-screen as:

An arrow is shown between two on-screen menu options that are selected
consecutively by the operator.
An icon is a touch screen access point for the menu or navigation graphic
shown. See table 2-1 on page 36 for full list of menu icons shown on the
HemoSphere advanced monitor.
Oximetry Calibration icon
Bold text with a menu icon indicates an icon that is paired with a software
term or phrase appearing on the screen. For example, the Oximetry
Calibration icon appears on-screen as:
Table 1-10 Acronyms, Abbreviations
Abbreviation Definition
A/D analog/digital
BSA body surface area
BT blood temperature
CaO
2
arterial oxygen content
CI cardiac index
CO cardiac output
CCO continuous cardiac output
(used when describing certain Swan-
Ganz catheters and patient CCO cable)
CPI cardiac power index
CPO cardiac power output
CVP central venous pressure
DIA diastolic blood pressure
DO
2
oxygen delivery
DO
2
I oxygen delivery index
dP/dt maximal first derivative with respect to
time of arterial pressure waveform
DPT disposable pressure transducer
Ea
dyn
dynamic arterial elastance
EDV end diastolic volume
EDVI end diastolic volume index
efu ejection fraction unit
FT-CO FloTrac arterial pressure auto calibrated
cardiac output
GDT goal directed therapy
Hct hematocrit
HIS hospital information systems
HGB hemoglobin
HPI Hypotension Probability Indicator
HR heart rate
HR
avg
average heart rate
iCI intermittent cardiac index
iCO intermittent cardiac output
IEC International Electrotechnical
Commission
IT injectate temperature
LED light emitting diode
LVSWI left ventricular stroke work index
Table 1-10 Acronyms, Abbreviations (continued)
Abbreviation Definition
Status = Released Printed Date: 2018-01-16 Released Date: 2017-09-14