Abbreviations Used - Dräger Cato Instructions For Use Manual

Abbreviations used

Abbreviation Significance
AIR Compressed air for medical use
AMV Minute ventilation
APL Adjustable pressure limitation
AW-Temp Inspiratory breathing gas temperature
BAG Connection for breathing bag
BW Body weight
CAL Calibration has been performed
C System compliance
syst
C Patient compliance
pat
DGHM German Society for Hygiene and
Microbiology
et CO End-expiratory CO
2
Fet Des. End-expiratory desflurane concentration
Fet Enf. End-expiratory enflurane concentration
Fet Hal. End-expiratory halothane concentration
Fet Iso. End-expiratory isoflurane concentration
Fet N O End-expiratory N
2
Fet Sev. End-expiratory sevoflurane concentration
Fi Des. Inspiratory desflurane concentration
Fi Enf. Inspiratory enflurane concentration
Fi Hal. Inspiratory halothane concentration
Fi Iso. Inspiratory isoflurane concentration
Fi Sev. Inspiratory sevoflurane concentration
Fi N O Inspiratory N
2
Fi O Inspiratory O
2
f IPPV frequency
IPPV
f SIMV frequency
IMV
Flow Expiration flow
Freq Respiration rate
Hb Haemoglobin
HbCO Carbon monoxide haemoglobin
HbO Oxyhaemoglobin
2
HLM Heart-lung machine, mode for ...
in CO Inspiratory CO
2
INOP Malfunctioning
concentration
2
O concentration
2
O concentration
2
concentration
2
concentration
2
Abbreviation Significance
IPPV Automatic ventilation mode: intermittent
positive pressure ventilation
LED Light-emitting diode
LED display 7-segment display with light-emitting
diodes
Man/Spont Manual ventilation or spontaneous
breathing
Mean Mean pressure
NTC Resistance sensor with negative
temperature coefficient
Off Switched off, deactivated
ON Switched on, activated
ORC Oxygen Ratio Control
P Airway pressure
aw
PC Personal computer (IBM-compatible)
PCV Ventilation with pressure limitation
P Actual measured peak pressure
eak
P Plateau pressure
lat
Pleth. Plethysmogram
P Limit pressure
max
P Mean airway pressure
mean
Power Electricity supply
PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure
SIMV Synchronized intermittent mandatory
ventilation
SpO Functional O
2
T :T Ratio of inspiration time to expiration time
I E
T :T Ratio of inspiratory pause time to
IP I
inspiration time
Inspiratory and expiratory flow
*
Minute ventilation
*
E
Fresh gas flow
*
FG
V Maximum inspiration flow
max
V Tidal volume, stroke volume
T
V System volume
C
ZV Piped medical gas supply (for compres-
sed air, vacuum, N
Descriptions
Abbreviations used
saturation
2
O and O )
2 2
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