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108Monitoring RESPExpressionMR400InstructionsforUse
Apnea
WARNING
The respiration measurement does not recognize obstructive and mixed apneas—it only
indicates an alarm when a pre-adjusted time has elapsed since the last detected breath. The
safety and effectiveness of the respiration measurement method in the detection of apnea,
particularly the apnea of prematurity and apnea of infancy, has not been established.
Controlstheapneaalarmfunction,whichisdeclaredwhenthepreadjustedtime(seeApnea
Time,below)haselapsedsincethelastbreathwasdetected.DeterminedfromCO2only,not
bellows.Onceactivated,thealarmwillbedeactivatedwhentherespirationrategoesabove
zero.
Thefollowingoptionsareavailable:
•Off
doesnotreportanapneaalarm.
•Onreportsanapneaalarmwhendetected.(Default)
Tocontroltheapneaalarmfunction
Apnea Time
Setstheamountoftimetowaitbeforedeclaringthattheapneaconditionexists.
Thefollowingoptions(inseconds)areavailable:
•20Sec(Default)
•25Sec
•30Sec
•35Sec
•40Sec
Step Action
1 SelecttheRESPVSbox.
TheRESPmenuappears.Currentsettingsaredisplayed.
2LocateApneaandselectthedesiredsetting:
Off
On
The
settingisentered.