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Patient Monitor User Manual Monitoring RESP
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9.7 Abdominal Breathing
Some patients with restricted chest movement breathe mainly abdominally. In these cases, you
may need to place the left leg electrode on the left abdomen at the point of maximum abdominal
expansion to optimize the respiratory wave.
NOTE:
Place the red and green electrodes diagonally to optimize the respiration waveform.
Avoid the liver area and the ventricles of the heart in the line between the RESP
electrodes so as to avoid cardiac overlay or artifacts from pulsating blood flow. This is
particularly important for neonates.
9.8 Selecting Resp Lead
To change Resp lead, in the Resp Setup menu, select Resp Lead to pick up the appropriate lead
from the pop-up list.
9.9 Changing Hold Type
To change the calculation mode, in the Resp Setup menu, set Hold Type to Manual or Auto.
When it is set to the AUTO mode, Hold High and Hold Low are unavailable, and the monitor
can calculate the respiration rate automatically. When it is set to the Manual mode, you can
adjust the broken lines in RESP area by the Hold High and Hold Low items.
9.10 Changing the Size of the Respiration Wave
Select the Resp waveform area to open the Resp Wave Setup menu:
z Select AMP, then choose an appropriate value. The value is bigger, the waveform amplitude
is higher.
z Select Sweep: select an appropriate setting from the pop-up list.
9.11 Using Resp Alarms
Resp alarms can be switched on and off and the high and low alarm limits can be changed just
like other measurement alarms, as described in the Alarms chapter.
9.12 Changing the Apnea Time
The apnea alarm is a high priority red alarm used to detect apneas. The apnea alarm delay time
defines the time period between the point where the monitor cannot detect any respiration activity
and the indication of the apnea alarm.
1. In the Resp Setup menu, select Apnea Alm.
2. Select the appropriate setting from the popup list.