Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring C.O.
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2. Measurement should be taken when the message “
Ready for new measurement
” appears on
the screen. Press the
Start
button, and then start injection. The thermodilution curve, current
blood temperature and the injective temperature are displayed during the measurement. Curve
drawing will stop automatically when the measurement finishes, and the C.O. and CI (3
and 4 in
the above figure) will be calculated and displayed on the screen. The monitor will display C.O. in
the parameter area and the start measurement time (8 in the above figure).
To ensure the accuracy of the measurement, it is suggested that a reasonable interval should take
place between two consecutive measurements. The length of the interval can be set in the C.O.
Setup menu (Time unit: second). The interval time counter is displayed on the screen. The next
measurement cannot be performed until the time reduces to zero and a message
Ready for new
measurement
appears. The adjustable range of
Interval
is: 5 to 300 seconds.
Repeat this procedure until you have completed the measurements you want.
A maximum of six measurements can be saved. If you perform additional measurements, the
earliest measurement will be automatically deleted when a seventh curve is saved.
In C.O. review window, select required curves from the 6 measurement curves, and the monitor
will automatically calculate and respectively display the average values of C.O. and CI as
following:
Contents displayed in the window:
1
Six curves of the six measurements and C.O. value
2
Average value of C.O.
3
Average value of CI
1
2
3
