Cosmed K4B2, User Manual

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User Manual
Customise the Steady State detection criteria ................89
Printout reports .............................................................................. 90
Set up the printout ..........................................................90
Select parameters to be printed.......................................90
Customise the printout header ........................................90
Electronic reports (*.pdf) ...............................................91
Print the current window ..........................................................91
Print the customised report .......................................................91
Events management during exercise testing ................................. 92
Flow Volume loops...................................................................92
Flow Volume loop during the test ..................................92
O2, CO2 vs Time ......................................................................92
O2, CO2 vs Time during the test....................................92
O2 Saturation (optional) ...........................................................93
O2 Saturation during the test..........................................93
Spirogram .................................................................................93
Spirogram during the test ...............................................93
View the events after the test....................................................93
Raw data ...................................................................................93
Save Raw data ................................................................94
Resting Metabolic Rate Test 95
Metabolism ..................................................................................... 96
Total Metabolic Rate ................................................................96
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) ................................................96
Importance to measure RMR....................................................96
Measure of the rest metabolic rate with indirect calorimetry ...96
How to perform a RMR test .....................................................96
Recommendations .......................................................................... 97
Resting metabolic rate test using the face mask .......................97
Resting metabolic rate test using the canopy option.................97
Performing a test using the face mask .......................................... 98
Calibrations...............................................................................98
How to prepare a patient...........................................................98
Start the test ..............................................................................98
Viewing the test ........................................................................99
How to modify the average interval .......................................100
Print ........................................................................................100
Performing a test using the canopy option .................................. 102
Calibrations.............................................................................102
How to prepare the canopy and the patient.............................102
Replacement of the power plug....................................102
Connecting the Canopy ................................................102
How to prepare the patient ...........................................103
Performing the test..................................................................103
Viewing the test ......................................................................104