Spectros T-Stat 2.0 User Manual page 5

Precautions
The prospective clinical value of measurements made with the T-Stat
demonstrated in disease states. The T-Stat
diagnosis or therapy. While normal StO
has a demonstrated sensitivity to both hypoxemia and low-flow and no-flow ischemic states, the
prospective clinical value of StO
The T-Stat ® Oximeter measures regional StO2% and may not reflect changes in oxygenation that
occur in regions outside of that monitored by the T-Stat
The T-Stat ® Oximeter, used alone at a single site, cannot differentiate between local and global
conditions.
Use of the T-Stat ® during high-output shock states such as sepsis has not been evaluated. During
these conditions, central venous saturation may be normal or elevated, and the ability of T-
Stat(R) to detect tissue hypoxia is unknown.
Normal values, as read by the T-Stat
yet been established, as these readings are affected by organ pigments, and surface bile
(respectively).
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® Oximeter should not be used as the sole basis for
% ranges have been established, and tissue oximetry
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% measurements have not been established in disease states.
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Tissue Oximeter, for liver and the small intestine have not
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® Oximeter has not been
sensor.
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