GE B20 User Manual page 137

Pleth plethysmographic pulse waveform
PM non-capt. pacemaker non-capturing
PM non-funct. pacemaker non-functioning
PM pacemaker
Pmax maximum pressure
Pmean mean pressure
Pmin minimum pressure
Ppeak peak pressure
Pplat plateau (pause) pressure
PR pulse rate
Prev previous
psi pounds per square per inch
pt patient
PTC post tetanic count (NMT)
pts patients
PVC polyvinylchloride
PVC premature ventricular contraction
PVloop pressure volume loop
PvO2 partial pressure of oxygen in (mixed) venous
blood
PVR pulmonary vascular resistance
PVRI pulmonary vascular resistance index
Px standard pressure label, x being 1, 2
QRS QRS complex
Qs/Qt venous admixture
R right (describing location)
RAP right atrial pressure
Raw airway resistance
RCW right cardiac work
RCWI right cardiac work index
RE response entropy
Rect rectal temperature
REF right ventricular ejection fraction
ref. reference
Resp Rate respiration rate (total) (measured)
Resp respiration rate (total) (set)
RF radio frequency
RMS average (root mean square) power
Room room temperature
RQ respiratory quotient
RR respiration rate (total) (measured)
rtm rhythm
RV residual volume
RVEDV right ventricular end-diastolic volume
RVESV right ventricular end-systolic volume
RVP right ventricular pressure
RVSW right ventricular stroke work
RVSWI right ventricular stroke work index
s second
SA sinoatrial
SaO2 arterial oxygen saturation
S.A.R. Specific Absorption Rate
SD standard deviation
SE state entropy
SEF spectral edge frequency
SEMG spontaneous electromyogram
Sev sevoflurane
SI stroke index
Skin skin temperature
SN, S/N serial number
Spiro patient spirometry
SpO2 oxygen saturation
Spont spontaneous breathing
SQI signal quality index
SR sinus rhythm
SR suppression ratio
SSEP somatosensory evoked potentials
ST single twitch (NMT)
ST ST segment of electrocardiograph
STAT continuous NIBP cuff inflation for five minutes
stat static
STBY standby
STfilt ST filter (ECG)
STPD standard temperature and pressure, dry gas
Surf surface temperature
SW software
SV stroke volume
SVC supraventricular contraction
SVI stroke volume index
SvO2 (mixed) venous oxygen saturation
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