Useful Information; Overview; Pressure Equivalents; Pressure Unit Conversions - Vetland EX3000 Operator's Manual

9 Useful Information

Overview

This section provides information that may be helpful to the user of the EX3000 Anesthesia System.

Pressure Equivalents

1 atm = 1033 cmH O = 760 mmHg = 760 Torr = 1013 mb = 14.7 psi
2
1 psi = 70.3 cmH O = 51.7 mmHg =68.9mb = 6.9 kPa
2
1 mmHg = 1.36 cmH
1 cmH O = 0.736 mmHg = 0.981 mb
2

Pressure Unit Conversions

Unit psi
psi
inch H 0 3.6127x10
2
inch Hg
0.4912
kPa 0.14504
millibar 0.01450
cmH 0
1.4223x10
2
mmHg 1.9337x10

Monitored Anesthesia Care (MAC) Anesthetic Levels

Useful Information
O = 1.02 mb
2

Table 9-1 Pressure Unit Conversions

inch inch Hg
H 0
2
27.680 2.036
-2
7.3554x10
13.598
4.0147 0.2953
0.40147 0.02953
-2
0.3937 2.8958x10
-2
0.53525 3.9370x10

Table 9-2 MAC Levels

Patient Halothane
Cat 1.19
Dog 0.87
Horse 0.88
kPa millibar
6.8947 68.947
-2
0.2491 2.491
3.3864 33.864
10.000
0.100
-2
0.09806 0.9806
-2
0.13332 1.3332
Isoflurane Sevoflurane
1.63
1.3
1.31
cmH20 mmHg
70.308 51.715
2.5400 1.8683
34.532 25.400
10.1973 7.5006
1.01973 0.75006
0.7355
1.3595
2.58
2.34
2.34
Torr
9-1