
Compact Airway modules
Document No. 800 1009-1
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1.5
Gas exchange specifications
Mathemathical integration of airway flow and gas concentration for intubated, mechanically
ventilated and/or partly spontaneously breathing patients.
NOTE: These specifications apply only when a 2 meter gas sampling line is used, and a Y-piece
with a physical dead space less than 8 ml.
NOTE: These specifications only apply if the FiO
2
level delivered to the patient is varing by less than
0.2 % during the inspiratory cycle at the measurement point.
1.5.1
VO
2
and VCO
2
Measurement range
50...1000 ml/min
Resolution
10 ml/min
Accuracy
±
10 % or 10 ml; when FiO
2
<
65 %
±
15 % or 15 ml; when 65 %
<
FiO
2
<
85 %
1.5.2
RQ
Measurement range
0.6...1.2
Resolution
0.05