189
Description
Abbreviations and symbols
Abbreviation Significance
AIR
Compressed air for medical use
AMV
Minute ventilation
APL
Adjustable pressure limitation
AW-Temp
Inspiratory breathing gas temperature
BAG
Connection for breathing bag
CAL
Calibration has been performed
CSA
Canadian Standard Association
C
syst
System compliance
C
pat
Patient compliance
DGHM
German Society for Hygiene and
Microbiology
et CO
2
End-expiratory CO
2
concentration
Fet Des.
End-expiratory desflurane concentration
Fet Enf.
End-expiratory enflurane concentration
Fet Hal.
End-expiratory halothane concentration
Fet Iso.
End-expiratory isoflurane concentration
Fet N
2
O
End-expiratory N
2
O concentration
Fet Sev.
End-expiratory sevoflurane concentration
Fi Des.
Inspiratory desflurane concentration
Fi Enf.
Inspiratory enflurane concentration
Fi Hal.
Inspiratory halothane concentration
Fi Iso.
Inspiratory isoflurane concentration
Fi Sev.
Inspiratory sevoflurane concentration
Fi N
2
O
Inspiratory N
2
O concentration
Fi O
2
Inspiratory O
2
concentration
f
IPPV
IPPV
frequency
f
IMV
SIMV frequency
Flow
Expiration flow
Freq Respiration
rate
Hb
Haemoglobin
HbCO
Carbon monoxide haemoglobin
HbO
2
Oxyhaemoglobin
HLM
Heart-lung mode
in CO
2
Inspiratory CO
2
concentration
INOP
Malfunctioning
IPPV
Automatic ventilation mode:
intermittent positive pressure ventilation
KG
Body weight
KZE
Piston-cylinder unit (PCU)
Abbreviation Significance
LED Light-emitting
diode
LED display
7-segment display with light-emitting
diodes
Man/Spont
Manual ventilation or spontaneous
breathing
Mean Mean
pressure
NTC
Resistance sensor with negative
temperature coefficient
Off
Switched off, deactivated
ON
Switched on, activated
S-ORC
Oxygen Ratio Control
P
aw
Airway pressure
PC
Personal computer (IBM-compatible)
PCV
Pressure controlled ventilation
P
eak
Actual measured peak pressure
P
lat
Plateau
pressure
Pleth.
Plethysmogram
P
max
Limit pressure
P
mean
Mean airway pressure
Power
Electricity supply
PEEP
Positive end-expiratory pressure
P
PCV
PCV working pressure
SIMV
Synchronized intermittent mandatory
ventilation
SpO
2
Functional O
2
saturation
T
I
:T
E
Ratio of inspiration time to expiration time
T
IP
:T
I
Ratio of inspiratory pause time to
inspiration time
UMDNS Code Universal Medical Device Nomenclature
System
*
Inspiratory and expiratory flow
*
E
Expiratory minute ventilation
*
FG
Fresh gas flow
V
max
Maximum inspiration flow
V
T
Tidal volume, stroke volume
V
C
System volume
ZV
Piped medical gas supply (for
compressed air, vacuum, N
2
O and O
2
)