Setting Up All Co 2 Measurements - Philips IntelliVue X2 Instructions For Use Manual

14 Monitoring Carbon Dioxide
Disconnect the FilterLine during suctioning and nebulizing therapies.
Check the table in the Microstream CO
usage times for the different Microstream accessories.
CO values for non-intubated patients using Microstream accessories will always tend to be lower than
2
for intubated patients. If values appear extremely low, check whether the patient is breathing through
the mouth or whether one nostril is blocked
Removing Exhaust Gases from the System
WARNING
Anesthetics: When using the Microstream CO
recently received anesthetics, connect the outlet to a scavenging system, or to the anesthesia machine/
ventilator, to avoid exposing medical staff to anesthetics.
Use an exhaust tube to remove the sample gas to a scavenging system. Attach it to the MMS Extension
at the outlet connector.
Suppressing Zero Calibration
To prevent an automatic zero calibration from being started in the next five minutes,
in the Setup CO
♦
SmartKey, if configured.
Selecting No Zero For 5Min or selecting the Suppress CO
the timer has timed out resets the timer to five minutes, unless an AutoZero became due during the
previous suppression.
Setting up all CO
These tasks are common to all CO
Adjusting the CO
In the CO
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2 Choose a suitable scale range from the pop-up list.
Setting up CO
2
Temperature, water vapor in the patient's breath, barometric pressure, and the proportions of O
and Helium in the mixture all influence CO
check that the monitor is using the appropriate corrections.
Correction
Altitude
(M3014A
only)
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menu, select No Zero For 5Min, or select the Suppress CO
2
Measurements
2
measurements except where otherwise noted.
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Wave Scale
2
Wave menu or the Setup CO
2
Corrections
Altitude is set during installation. The monitor automatically applies an appropriate
correction.
Accessories section of the Accessories chapter for typical
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measurement on patients who are receiving or have
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menu, select Scale.
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absorption. If values seem inaccurately high or low,
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Setting up all CO Measurements
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Zero SmartKey again before
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Zero
N O
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