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Gasexchange
ProblemSolution
CanIhavetheEEandRQvaluetrendinformation
withone-minuteresolution?
Youcanhaveaone-minuteaverageofEEandRQ
numbersonthenumerictrenddatapage.These
numbersareupdatedaccordingtotheselectedtime
interval.ByselectingEEandRQintothegraphical
trends,youwillseethemupdatingeveryminute.
Canthegasexchangemodulesbeusedwithactive
humidication?
Yes,theycan.UsetheD-lite+/Pedi-lite+owsensor
forhumidconditions.IfHMEisused,boththe
D-lite/Pedi-liteandD-lite+/Pedi-lite+canbeused.
Canthegasexchangemodulesbeusedwithpediatric
patients?
Yes,forthosepediatricpatientswhoserespiration
rateisbelow35breaths/minute.Whenmonitoring
pediatricpatients,usethePedi-litesensorandselect
thesensoraccordinglyfromthemonitormenu.
HowcanIensurethattheVCO
2
andVO
2
valuesare
correct?
Alwaysmakesurethatyouareusingcorrect
accessoriesandthatthemeasurementsetupand
patientconnectionsarecorrect.
WhydoestheRQvalueriseabove1.0?ThephysiologicalrangeofRQisusuallybetween0.7
and1.0.Ifthevalueisoutofthisrange,checkthe
measurementsetup.
WhydoestheRQvaluesometimesshow
unphysiologicalvaluessuchasRQ<0.6?
Usuallythisisduetoanon-steadystate:the
ventilatorsettingshavebeenchanged,FiO
2
has
changed,theventilationisirregular.
WhyistherenoEEandRQdatainthetrendhistory?IftheRQisoutofthephysiologicalrange(<0.6or
>1.3),themonitordoesnotstoretheEEandRQvalues
inthetrendhistoryorusethemforcalculatingthe
averagevalues.
WhyistherenonumericEEandRQdatainthe
parameterwindowalthoughthemonitorshowsthe
dataofVCO
2
andVO
2
?
EEandRQareaveragedvalues.Ittakessometime
toinitializetheaveragingbuffer(dependingonthe
selectedaveragingtime)todisplaydata.Whena
patientisadmitted/acaseisstarted,noEEandRQ
valuesareshownfor10minutes.Afterthat,they
aregrayuntilthereisenoughdataforaverage
calculations.
IfRQisnotwithinthephysiologicalrange,thevalues
willnotbeaddedtotheaveragingbuffer.
Thebarinthelowerpartoftheparameterwindow
indicatestheamountofdatathatthemonitoruses
forperformingtheaveragecalculations.
WhyaretheEEandRQvaluesshowningray?
EEandRQaregraywhenthereisnotenough(>1/5
oftheselectedaveragingtime)validdataavailable
forreliablecalculations.
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