GE CARESCAPE - Gas exchange measurement setup; Gas exchange equipment to patient connection

Gasexchange
monitormatchthoseonthecalibrationgasbottle.Iftheydonotmatch,calibrate
airwaygases.
●Whenanestheticagentsarepresent,usetheE-CAiOVXmoduleformonitoring
airwayow,gasexchange,andmetabolism.
Gasexchangemeasurementsetup
Gasexchangeequipmenttopatientconnection
TheequipmenttopatientconnectionsforgasexchangearesimilartothoseofPatient
Spirometrybuttherearealsosomeconnection-relatedissuestobenoted.Onlythe
modulesE-CAiOVXandE-COVXmeasuregasexchange.
GasexchangepatientconnectionswithHME/HMEF/lter
NOTE
AlwaysplacetheHME/HMEF/lterbetweentheD-lite(+)sensor
andthepatient.
NOTE
By-passowtogetherwithlongexpirationowpausetime
maydisturbthemeasurement.Considerusingshorter
expirationtimetodiminishtheeffect.Inaddition,youmayuse
asuitablespacerwitha5to10mldeadspace(e.g.,astraight
T-adapter)betweentheY-pieceandD-lite(+)/Pedi-lite(+).The
by-passoweffectmayexisteveninanadultsetting,butit
ismoreemphasizedwhenmonitoringpediatricpatientsand
usingthePedi-lite(+).
Gasexchangepatientconnectionswithexibletube
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