GE CARESCAPE - Adjusting the isoelectric measurement (ISO) point; Adjusting the J point; About the realtime QRS;ST complexes

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●E-modulesandPDMautomaticallysettheSTpointaccordingtotheheartrate.
Manualadjustmentsmayberequiredifthefollowingautomaticsettingsarenot
adequateforexamplewhenQTtimeisshort:
￭Iftheheartrateisgreaterthanorequalto120bpm,thentheSTpointisset
toJ+60ms.
￭Iftheheartrateislessthan120bpm,thentheSTpointissettoJ+80ms.
●TRAMmodulessettheSTpointautomaticallyaccordingtotheproledefault.
Manualadjustmentsmayberequiredifthedefaultisnotadequate.
ManuallyadjustingtheSTPoint,ISOPoint,orJPointoverridestheautomatic
detectionoftheSTpoint.Asaresult,youareresponsibleformonitoringthepatient
STlevelswithnewadjustmentsandrequiredtomakefurthersettingadjustmentsas
necessaryaccordingtochangesinthepatient’srhythm.
1.SelecttheSTparameterwindow.
2.SelectSetup.
3.SelectavaluefromtheSTPointlist.
Adjustingtheisoelectricmeasurement(ISO)point
ThisselectionisnotavailablewithTRAMorcombinationmonitoring.
E-modulesandPDMautomaticallysettheisoelectricpoint.Manualadjustmentsmay
berequiredif,forexample,aP-waveisattachedtotheQRS-wave.
1.SelecttheSTparameterwindow.
2.SelectSetup.
3.AdjusttheISOPointwiththearrows.
WhentheISOPointisadjusted,alsotheSTpointchangesaccordinglyandits
automaticsettingisstopped.
AdjustingtheJpoint
ThisselectionisnotavailablewithTRAMorcombinationmonitoring.
1.SelecttheSTparameterwindow.
2.SelectSetup.
3.AdjusttheJPointwiththearrows.
WhentheJPointisadjusted,alsotheSTpointchangesaccordingly.
AbouttherealtimeQRS/STcomplexes
ThisfeatureisnotavailablewithTRAMorcombinationmonitoring.
TheinitialreferenceQRSisstoredandusedasacomparisonagainsttheincoming
QRScomplexes.Thecurrentcomplexissuperimposedoverthereferencecomplexin
ordertovisuallyassessthechangeineachQRScomplex.QRScomplexesareupdated
every40secondswithPDMandevery10secondswithE-modules.CurrentSTvalues
inmillimetersshallbedisplayedineachQRSwindow.Numericvaluesareupdated
every10seconds.
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