Patient Care After A Tee Study - Philips EPIQ 7 User Manual

Transesophageal Transducers
The system shuts down if the patient-applied part temperature of the TEE transducer exceeds
42.5°C (108.5°F), given an entered patient temperature of 37°C (98.6°F). If the patient
temperature is higher than 37°C (98.6°F), the system shutdown temperature adjusts
accordingly. You may need to restart the system by pressing the
WARNING
The Reconnect the Transducer error message is often caused by a poorly seated transducer
connector, but it could be caused by a failure in the Auto-Cool safety logic. In the case of a
logic failure, distal tip temperatures could reach 46.5°C (115.7°F) in hyperthermic patients
(40°C to 41°C or 104°F to 106°F) before the error causes scanning to stop. At this temperature,
esophageal burns may occur (see
1. Move the locking lever to the unlocked position, and pull the connector out of the
receptacle.
2. Reseat the connector in the receptacle and move the locking lever to the locked position.
3. Select the transducer and preset.
4. If the system does not resume imaging after the transducer has initialized, shut down the
system and then restart it.

Patient Care After a TEE Study

Follow your institutional guidelines for post-TEE studies. Additionally, you might want to
include the following recommendations in your guidelines as part of your post-TEE study
routine.
• Inspect the patient's throat for any bleeding.
• Examine the patient for postural hypotension or difficulty walking.
• Instruct the patient to contact you immediately if he or she experiences any fever, chills,
chest pain, or bleeding.
• Instruct the patient not to eat or drink for at least 2 hours or until swallowing returns to
normal after anesthesia has worn off. It is especially important that the patient not ingest
hot foods or fluids during this period.
• Follow up with a call to the patient the day after the a study to make sure there are no
complications.
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Patient Care After a TEE Study
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