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Impedancerespiration
ProblemSolution
●Otherelectricaldevicesmayinterferewiththe
measurement.
Whydoesthewaveformhaveacombinationof
shallowanddeepbreaths,butthemonitorisnot
detectingtheshallowbreaths?
Ifthedetectionsensitivitythresholdissettoohigh,
shallowbreathswillnotbedetected,asshowninthe
followingexampleofincorrectdetection(1=breath).
●Decreasethedetectionsensitivitypercentageuntil
themarkerscorrectlyidentifyeachinspirationand
expirationorsettoAUTO(PSM).Ifthedetection
modeisAUTO,thegridlinesrepresentthe
minimumlimits.Thelimitsinusemaybealarger
range.Thefollowingisanexampleofcorrect
detection.
Respirationdetectionisnotdependentonthesizeof
thewaveform.Sizeisforvisualpurposesonly.
Whyisthemonitordetectingcardiacartifactas
breaths?
Thebreathdetectionthresholdistoolow(1=breath,
2=artifact).Thefollowingisanexampleofincorrect
detection.
●Increasethedetectionsensitivitypercentageuntil
themarkerscorrectlyidentifyeachinspirationand
expiration.Thefollowingisanexampleofcorrect
detection.
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