EDAN elite V5 User Manual page 160

Patient Monitor User Manual
6 Injectate Temperature
7 Start time of the measurement
8 Prompt message area
9 Function keys
The functional keys on the C.O. measure window are explained in the following table:
Start Start a measurement
Stop If the blood temperature cannot resume in a considerably long time, the
measurement could not stop automatically. Use this button to stop the
measurement and display the C.O., CI calculation result.
Cancel Cancel the processing measurement or cancel the result after measurement.
Record Print out the curve.
Review Enter the Review window
2. Measurement should be taken when the message "Ready for new measurement" appears on
the screen. Press the Start button, and then start injection. The thermodilution curve, current
blood temperature and the injectate temperature are displayed during the measurement. Curve
drawing will stop automatically when the measurement finishes, and the C.O. and CI (2 and 3 in
the above figure) will be calculated and displayed on the screen. The monitor will display C.O. in
the parameter area and the start measurement time (
To ensure the accuracy of the measurement, it is suggested that a reasonable interval should take
place between two consecutive measurements. The length of the interval can be set in the C.O.
Setup menu (Time unit: second). The interval time counter is displayed on the screen. The next
measurement can not be performed until the time reduces to zero and a message Ready for new
measurement appears. The adjustable range of Interval is: 5 to 300 seconds.
Repeat this procedure until you have completed the measurements you want.
A maximum of six measurements can be saved. If you perform additional measurements the
earliest measurement will be automatically deleted when a seventh curve is saved.
In C.O. review window, select required curves from the 6 measurement curves, and the monitor
will automatically calculate and respectively display the average values of C.O. and CI as
following:
11 Y axis: Change the scale Y (temperature)
value. Three modes are available: 0 °C to 0.5
°C, 0 °C to 1 °C, 0 °C to 2.0 °C. Adjust the
scale by the temperature differences. A smaller
scale results in a larger curve.
in the above figure).
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Monitoring C.O.