Dräger Carina Instructions For Use Manual page 24

Overview
Abbreviation Explanation
Paw Airway pressure
Paw high Airway pressure high
PC-AC Pressure Control – Assist Control,
assisted-controlled, pressure-con-
trolled ventilation with backup res-
piratory rate
PC-BIPAP Pressure Control – Biphasic Posi-
tive Airway Pressure, spontaneous
breathing under continuous posi-
tive airway pressure with 2 different
pressure levels
PEEP Positive end-expiratory pressure
PEEPadp Start-up value of PEEP in
AutoAdapt
PIF Peak Inspiratory Flow
Pinsp Set value of upper pressure level in
pressure-controlled ventilation
modes
PIP Peak Inspiratory Pressure, meas-
ured peak inspiratory pressure
Pmax Maximum allowed airway pressure
Pmean Mean airway pressure
PS Pressure Support
Psupp Set value of pressure support, ab-
solute
R Resistance
Ramp Pressure rise time
RR Respiratory rate
RR high Upper alarm limit for respiratory
rate
RRapn Respiratory rate of apnea ventila-
tion (set value)
SELV Safety Extra Low Voltage
SPN- Spontaneous – Continuous Posi-
CPAP/PS tive Airway Pressure/Pressure
Support, spontaneous breathing
with continuous positive pressure
level and with or without pressure
support
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Abbreviation Explanation
T Response time: time that a sensor
0...90
requires to display 90 % of the new
signal value after a change of the
signal.
Tadpt Time in AutoAdapt until the thera-
peutic pressure level is reached
Tapn Apnea alarm time (time until apnea
ventilation starts or an apnea alarm
is triggered)
Tdiscon Delay time to alarm Airway pres-
sure low !!!
Te Expiratory time
Ti Set value of inspiratory time
Timax Maximum inspiratory time during
pressure support
Tube Tube ventilation (invasive ventila-
tion)
UMDNS Universal Medical Device Nomen-
clature System, nomenclature for
medical devices
VC-AC Volume Control – Assist Control,
assisted-controlled, volume-con-
trolled ventilation with fixed inspira-
tory flow and backup frequency
with AutoFlow
VC-SIMV Volume Control – Synchronized In-
termittent Mandatory Ventilation
with AutoFlow (volume-controlled)
VG Volume Guarantee
VT Tidal volume
VTapn Tidal volume with apnea ventilation
VTi Inspiratory tidal volume
Instructions for use Carina SW 3.2n