Installation and setup
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Operator’s Manual PiCCO
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Version 3.1
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Real time pressure curve
Figure 30: Real time curve of arterial pressure
Curve and pressure display
Arterial pressure is continuously displayed as pressure curve. The numeric values for heart rate, systolic,
diastolic and mean arterial pressure are displayed.
Systolic marker of arterial pressure
The systolic part of each heart beat is marked by a bar under the curve. If all or some of these bars are
missing, the PiCCO
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cannot analyze the blood pressure curve and thus cannot display results for the
continuous CO.
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Selection of the curve on the touch screen directly leads to zero adjustment and scaling of the curve.
CVP value
Central venous pressure of a patient can either be recorded continuously as it is the case with arterial
pressure or it can be entered manually. In the case of manual input the value is displayed in brackets.
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Selection of the CVP value on the touch screen displays the continuous CVP curve for 15 seconds.
Selection of the curve leads to zero adjustment. Manual input is done by selection of the CVP value.