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Tab Menu Item Description Work Mode
NIBP NIBP End Tone If enabled, a reminder tone is issued at the
completion of NIBP measurement.
Both
Display Format Selects the type and sequence of displayed
NIBP readings.
Both
Initial Pressure
(Neo)
Sets the initial cuff inflation pressure for
neonatal patients.
Both
Measurements Sets the number of measurement that can
be performed in Manual NIBP Measurement.
For details, see 9.7.1 Performing Manual
Measurement.
Spot Check
Interval Sets the interval between two auto NIBP
measurement.
Continuous
Monitoring
Start Mode Defines how NIBP auto mode works.
For details, see 9.8.3 Selecting NIBP Start
Mode.
Continuous
Monitoring
Display Alarm
Limits
Sets whether to display the alarm limits of
diastolic NIBP and mean NIBP.
Continuous
Monitoring
Patient Position Sets the patient position for NIBP
measurement.
Both
Measurement Site Sets the measurement site for NIBP
measurement.
Both
Sequence Sets the duration and interval of NIBP
measurement sequences.
Continuous
Monitoring
Orthostatic BP
Measurement
Selects whether to enable Orthostatic BP
measurement.
Spot Check
Lying Duration Sets the time before starting lying BP
measurement. Available only when
Orthostatic BP Measurement is enabled.
Standing BP
Measurement
Interval
Sets the interval for automatic standing BP
measurement. Available only when
Orthostatic BP Measurement is enabled.
Maximum
Standing BP
Measurements
Sets the number of automatic standing BP
measurement. Available only when
Orthostatic BP Measurement is enabled.
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NIBP BP Averaging Selects whether to enable BP averaging.
Available only when Department is set to
Physician Office.
Spot Check
Number of
Measurements
Sets the number of measurement to be
performed in a group of BP measurements
for averaging. Available only when
Department is set to Physician Office.
Discard First
Group of
Readings
Selects whether to include the first group of
readings in the averaging calculation.
Available only when Department is set to
Physician Office.
Delay Before
Starting
Measurement
Sets the time to wait before starting the first
measurement. Available only when
Department is set to Physician Office.
Time Between
Readings
Sets the time to wait before starting the rest
automatic BP measurement. Available only
when Department is set to Physician
Office.
SpO2 Sensitivity For Masimo SpO
2
modules, see 6.6.4 Setting
SpO
2
Sensitivity (for Masimo SpO
2
).
Both
Display PI (for
Masimo SpO
2
)
Sets whether to display PI in the SpO
2
parameter area.
Sat-Seconds (for
Nellcor SpO
2
)
For Nellcor SpO
2
modules, see 6.6.2 Nellcor
SatSeconds
TM
Alarm Management.
Speed Sets the sweep speed of Pleth waveforms.
Averaging (for
Masimo SpO
2
)
For Masimo SpO
2
modules, see
6.6.7 Changing Averaging Time (for Masimo
SpO
2
).
Fast SAT (for
Masimo SpO
2
)
For Masimo SpO
2
modules, see 6.6.5 Enabling
FastSAT (for Masimo SpO
2
).
Display SIQ (for
Masimo SpO
2
)
For Masimo SpO
2
modules, see
6.6.6 Displaying SIQ (for Masimo SpO
2
).
NIBP Simul Switch on for patients performing SpO
2
and
NIBP monitoring on the same limb. The SpO
2
alarm status is locked until the NIBP
measurement ends.
Continuous
Monitoring
Tab Menu Item Description Work Mode