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Monitored
parameter
Description
Ppeak The maximum pressure value in one breathing cycle.
Pplat The airway pressure during inspiratory pause.
Pmean The mean pressure value in one breathing cycle.
PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure.
TVi The inspired tidal volume in one cycle.
TVe The expired tidal volume in one cycle.
TVe spn The spontaneous expired tidal volume in one cycle.
TVe/IBW Delivered tidal volume per ideal body weight.
MV The accumulated expired tidal volume in one minute.
MVspn The accumulated spontaneous expired tidal volume in one minute.
MVleak
The accumulated leakage (inspiratory volume minus expiratory volume) in one
minute.
ftotal The accumulated number of breaths in one minute.
fmand The accumulated number of mandatory breaths in one minute.
fspn The accumulated number of spontaneous breaths in one minute.
I:E The ratio between the inspiratory and expiratory time.
Tinsp Inspiration Time in one breathing cycle.
Ri
Inspiratory resistance the gas encounters when it flows inside the respiratory tract
during respiration.
Re
Expiratory resistance the gas encounters when it flows inside the respiratory tract
during respiration.
Cstat
Static compliance - easiness of patient’s lungs being filled during mechanically
assisted breathing. It is calculated in case of breathing paused and inspiration
hold.
Cdyn
Dynamic compliance - easiness of patient’s lungs being filled during
mechanically assisted breathing. It is calculated during the inspiratory phase.
RSBI
Rapid shallow breathing index - quotient between fspn and TVe spn (measured
in liters).
WOB
Work of breathing – work required to deliver a certain volume of gas to the
patient’s lungs within one cycle.
RCexp Patient’s expiratory time constant – resistance multiplied with compliance.
NIF Patient’s maximum inspiratory negative occlusion pressure.
P0.1
The occlusion pressure drop in the first 100 ms when the patient starts
spontaneous breathing.
PEEPi Intrinsic PEEP (The PEEPi value displayed has already included PEEP value and