Understanding Spo 2 Alarms; Optimizing Spo Measurement Performance; Alarms; Measurement Performance - Philips IntelliVue TRx Instructions For Use Manual

Understanding SpO
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Understanding SpO
Optimizing SpO
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SpO Monitoring
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Alarms

Alarms
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Physiologic SpO alarms are generated and displayed at the Information Center.
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SpO offers high and low limit alarms, and a high priority (red level) oxygen
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desaturation alarm. The SpO
inclusive, in 1% increments. The desaturation limit is set automatically at 10
below the Low Limit. The SpO
100% inclusive, in 1% increments.
The delay between the physiologic alarm condition and alarm annunciation at
the Information Center is <16 seconds. This means that the Information Center
will generate an alarm if the averaged numeric value on the display exists
beyond the alarm limit for more than a maximum of 16 seconds.
Setting the high SpO
high alarm. Therefore the upper alarm limit for oxygen saturation must be
carefully selected in accordance with accepted clinical practices.
The default setting for SpO
limit is exceeded, you will need to acknowledge it at the Information Center.
The sound will be silenced but the message will remain on the display until the
condition is resolved.
See Chapter 5, "Alarms" for a list of the SpO

Measurement Performance

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Refer to this section on problem situations if you have difficulty getting a signal
or obtaining accurate measurements.
Distortion
Ambient light, motion, perfusion or incorrect sensor placement can affect the
accuracy of the derived measurements.
low limit can be set between 50 and 99%
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high alarm limit can be set between 51 and
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alarm limit to 100% is equivalent to switching off the
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yellow alarms is latched. That is, when an SpO
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alarms.
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