PatientSpirometry
NOTE
Notmeasuredwithspontaneousbreaths.
●Airwayresistance(Raw):calculatedfromanequationdescribingthekineticsofgas
owbetweenthelungsandaowsensor.
NOTE
Notmeasuredwithspontaneousbreaths.
●Realtimewaveform(Flow)
●Ratiooftheinspiratoryandexpiratorytime(I:E)
●Pressure-volumeloop(Paw-Vol.loop)
●Flow-volumeloop(Flow-Vol.loop)
Airwaypressures
Airwaypressurewaveformontherightandpressure-volumeloopontheleft:
●x=Paw
●y=Vol
1.Ppeak
2.Pplat
3.Pmean
4.PEEPe
5.PEEPtot
6.(PEEPi=PEEPtot—PEEPe)
NOTE
PEEPeandPEEPinotavailableinORandPACUsoftware
packages.
PEEPtot
NOTE
ThefollowingloopillustrateshowPEEPtot(=PEEPe+PEEPi)isdisplayed.
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