Clinical Benefits - ResMed AirFit F20 User Manual

QuietAir
The QuietAir elbow is intended for single-patient reuse in both home and
hospital/institutional environments.
WARNING
Magnets are used in the lower headgear straps and the frame of the
F20. Ensure the headgear and frame is kept at least 50 mm away
from any active medical implant (eg, pacemaker or defibrillator) to
avoid possible effects from localised magnetic fields. The magnetic
field strength is less than 400 mT.

Clinical benefits

The clinical benefit of vented masks is the provision of effective therapy
delivery from a therapy device to the patient.
Intended patient population/medical conditions
Obstructive pulmonary diseases (eg, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary
Disease), restrictive pulmonary diseases (eg, diseases of the lung
parenchyma, diseases of the chest wall, neuromuscular diseases), central
respiratory regulation diseases, obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) and
obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS).
Contraindications
Use of masks with magnetic components is contraindicated in patients
with the following pre-existing conditions:

a metallic hemostatic clip implanted in your head to repair an
aneurysm

metallic splinters in one or both eyes following a penetrating eye
injury.
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