General Warnings - ResMed Quattro Air NV User Manual

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Non-vented Full Face Mask
Thank you for choosing the Quattro Air Non-Vented (NV) full face mask.
Using this guide
Please read the entire guide before use. When following instructions,
refer to the images at the front of the guide.
Intended Use
The Quattro Air NV is a non-invasive accessory used for channelling
air-flow (with or without supplemental oxygen), intended to be used
with active-exhaust-valve ventilators, to provide ventilatory assistance
to patients with respiratory insufficiency and respiratory failure.
The Quattro Air NV is:
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to be used by patients weighing >30 kg requiring non-life support
ventilatory assistance.
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intended for single patient re-use in the home environment and/or
multi-patient re-use in the hospital/institutional environment.
Clinical benefits
The clinical benefit of non-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, and obesity hypoventilation
syndrome (OHS).

GENERAL WARNINGS

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The mask must not be used without qualified supervision for
patients who are unable to remove the mask themselves.
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