Datex-Ohmeda S/5 monitors
Document No. 800 1009-1
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4.1.3
Gas exchange
Problem
Possible clinical cause
Possible technical cause
Action
“Strange” values
•
ventilation mode:
BiPaP, CPAP with high
continuous by-pass
flow
•
gas exchange not
measurable
•
presence of N
2
O or
anesthetic agents in
ICU applications
•
do not use N
2
O or AA
in ICU, or use a M-
CAiOVX module
Unphysiological VO
2
readings
•
unstable O
2
delivery
−
gas mixer
•
select oxygram and
verify the stableness
of the curve
•
RR over 35/min
•
reference gas inlet port
blocked
•
check reference port
•
gas sampling line longer
than 2 m
•
change 2 m
sampling line
•
dead space of Y-piece > 8
ml
•
check the dead
space of Y-piece
•
gas sampling line
connected to HME
•
gas sampling line
should ALWAYS be
connected to D-lite
•
D-lite incorrectly placed
•
do not connect
anything between D-
lite and Y-piece
•
ALWAYS connect D-lite
between the HME and
Y-piece
VO
2
value invalid,
no VO
2
,
FiO
2
> 85 %,
(FiO
2
+FiN
2
O) > 85 %
•
over range
•
no VO
2
value
•
999 ml/min < VO
2
< 0