Pressure Bar; Settings Bar - ResMed Astral Series Clinical Manual

The Astral system

Pressure bar

The Pressure bar displays real-time therapy data while the Astral device is ventilating.
Patient pressure is shown as a bar graph. Peak inspiratory pressure is shown as a numerical value and
watermark. Spontaneously triggering and cycling is indicated by
The example below displays the pressure bar when a patient is spontaneously breathing.
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Settings bar

The settings bar appears on the right hand side of the touch screen when a therapy or alarm setting has
been selected for adjustment. The settings bar allows the settings to be adjusted via the up and down
scroll arrows or the minimum and maximum buttons. The example below displays the settings bar when
a setting has been selected for adjustment.
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Description
Peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) value
Spontaneous cycled breath marker—indicates patient-cycled breath
Peak inspiratory pressure marker
Current pressure
Positive end expiratory pressure (PEEP) setting
Spontaneous triggered breath marker—indicates patient-triggered breath
Description
Maximum button—adjusts setting to maximum limit
Up scroll arrow—increases setting by single increment
Down scroll arrow—decreases setting by single increment
Minimum button—adjusts setting to minimum limit
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