Monitoring Ventilation - ResMed Astral Series Clinical Manual

Notes:
• The Apply button is disabled if one or more settings cannot be applied. Refer to Interdependence of controls
(see page 88). A message is displayed indicating the reason.
•
If the mode change is cancelled you will be returned to the current active mode's primary settings page. All
modifications will be disregarded.

Monitoring ventilation

During ventilation, ventilation parameters are continuously monitored and displayed in real-time. The
measures are displayed as follows:
•
Numerical values on the Monitoring screen and a summary of critical values in the bottom bar.
• Graphically on the Waveforms, Trends screen and Pressure bar.
Monitoring screen
The Monitoring screen displays all measured parameters in numerical form.
For details on the available monitoring parameters refer to the Ventilation Parameters Summary Table
(see page 170).
Waveforms
The Waveforms screen displays the last 15 seconds of patient airway pressure and flow in a graph. The
graph updates in real-time and when necessary the vertical axis will auto scale to accommodate changes
in amplitude.
Description
1
Spontaneous trigger breath marker—indicates patient-triggered breath.
2 Break in graph—indicates the current position and moves from left to right.
Using the Astral device
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