Instructions for Use | Glossary
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14. Glossary
The following terms and acronyms appear throughout this manual.
Circuit that includes an active exhalation device
Pressure measured at the patient connection port.
Temporary cessation of breathing.
The total number of hours that the blower has been on over the life of the device. This
value helps determine when the ventilator needs to be serviced. You cannot reset this
value. It can only be reset by a service center.
Breaths per minute or beats per minute
Body Temperature and Pressure Saturated; A standardization for lung volumes and flows
to barometric pressure at sea level, body temperature, and saturated with water vapor
reflecting the condition of air in the lung.
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure
Expiratory positive airway pressure
End tidal carbon dioxide. The amount of carbon dioxide at the end of exhalation.
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Fractionally Inspired Oxygen (the percentage of oxygen in the air inhaled)
The ratio of inspiratory time to expiratory time.
Full term newborn up to one month in age with mass that is greater than or equal to 2.5
kg.
Inspiratory Positive Airway Pressure
Mandatory Breath is completely controlled by the ventilator.
Minute Ventilation
(MinVent)
The volume of gas that moves in and out of the lungs in one minute. It is calculated by
multiplying the tidal volume by the respiratory rate.
Consists of the tubing, filtration, exhaust valves (passive or active), and flow sensor
external to the ventilator.
Maximum flow rate (in liters per minute) reached during a breath.
Peak Inspiratory
Pressure (PIP)
Highest pressure reached during inspiration.
Positive End Expiratory Pressure is the pressure control setting in expiration.
A given set of therapy mode control settings, alarm settings, and patient circuit type.
Ventilation in which breaths are controlled by operator-defined pressure, inspiratory time,
and rise time.
The ramp feature reduces pressure and then gradually increases the pressure to the
prescription setting.
The time it takes the ventilator to change from expiration to inspiration.
Respiratory Rate (the number of breaths per minute).
Delivers a periodic, larger volume breath. Settings adjust the frequency and volume.
Synchronous intermittent mandatory ventilation
Saturation of peripheral oxygen
Breath type in which the breath is patient-triggered.
Spontaneous/Timed
(S/T) Mode
Therapy mode that is similar to S mode, except that it can also deliver a mandatory breath
if the patient does not spontaneously breathe within a set time.
With a square wave pattern, airflow is generally constant throughout inspiration of the
breath.
The amount of air passing in and out of the lungs for each breath.