GE CARESCAPE - Calibrating SvO2 in vivo; Updating the Hb value for SvO2 measurement; Setting the SvO2 alarms; Stopping the SvO2 measurement

Mixedvenousoxygensaturation(SvO₂)
●Aninvitrocalibrationwascompletedwiththisopticalmoduleusingthesame
catheterwithinthelast24hours.
1.SelecttheSvO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelecttheCalibrationtab.
3.SelectRecallCalibration.
CalibratingSvO
2
invivo
NOTE
Foroptimalaccuracy,performinvivocalibrationatleast
every24hours.
FollowtheAdvicetoUserinformationdisplayedintheCalibrationwindowtoguide
youthroughthecalibrationsteps.
1.SelecttheSvO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelecttheCalibrationtab.
3.SelectInVivoCalibration>Calibratetoperforminvivocalibrationusingthe
SvO
2
andHbvaluesmeasuredfromthebloodsample.
4.SelectDrawBloodSampleandslowlydrawabloodsample.
5.Enterthelaboratoryresults:
a.SelectavalueforLabScvO2.
b.SelectavalueforLabHb.
6.SelectSaveLabValuestocompletecalibration.
UpdatingtheHbvalueforSvO
2
measurement
Thepatient’sHbvalueshouldbeupdatedatleastevery24hoursasitaffectsthe
SvO
2
measurement.TheUpdateHbselectionisactiveafterinvivocalibrationhas
beencompletedwiththeSaveLabValues.
1.SelecttheSvO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelecttheCalibrationtab.
3.SelectUpdateHbandsetthevalue.
SettingtheSvO
2
alarms
1.SelecttheSvO
2
parameterwindow.
2.SelecttheAlarmstab.
IfalarmshavebeensettoAlarmOff,thealarmlimitsaregreyedout.Select
AlarmOntosetthealarms.
3.Setthealarmlimits.
StoppingtheSvO
2
measurement
1.Removethecatheterfromthepatient.
2.Disconnectthecatheterfromtheopticalmodule.
3.DisconnecttheopticalsensorfromtheSvO
2
module.
4.Discardthecatheter.
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