Ppeak—Maximum inspiratory pressure
Pplat—Pressure during end-inspiratory pause
Pressure trigger level — The negative
pressure that the patient has to create to
trigger the ventilator to deliver a breath.
PRVC—Pressure-regulated volume control
PS—Pressure support
Re—expiratory resistance
Respiratory Rate—Rate of controlled
mandatory breaths or used for calculating
target volume (b/min)
RH—Relative humidity
RR—Respiratory rate
SIMV—Synchronized Intermittent Mandatory
Ventilation
SIMV rate—Rate of controlled mandatory
breaths (b/min)
Start breath—Manually triggered set breath
STPD - Standard Temperature and Pressure
Dry: 20° C, standard pressure at 101.3 kPa
and 0 % relative humidity (dry). Standard
condition for inlet gas.
T—Time
Ti—Inspiration time
Ti/Ttot—Duty cycle or ratio of inspiration time
to total breathing cycle time (only during
spontaneous breathing)
Tidal Volume—Volume per breath or target
volume (ml)
—Flow
ee—End expiratory flow
leak—Leakage flow (l/min)
VC—Volume Control
VRI - Volume Reflector Indicator
VTe—Expiratory Tidal Volume
VTi—Inspiratory Tidal Volume
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