Welch Allyn 1500 Patient Monitor v.1.4.X - User Manual - Manual (Page 65)

Directions for use Monitoring and Measurements 61
Integrated Pulmonary Index (IPI) settings and measurement
The capnography module provides the clinician with an integrated pulmonary index (IPI).
The IPI is based on end tidal carbon dioxide, respiration rate, oxygen saturation and heart
rate. The IPI is a single index of an adult or pediatric patient's ventilatory status displayed
on a scale of 1 - 10, where 10 indicates optimal pulmonary status. IPI monitoring displays
a single value that represents the patient's pulmonary parameters and alerts clinicians to
changes in the patient's pulmonary status.
IPI provides an uncomplicated, inclusive assessment of a patient’s
ventilatory and oxygenation status. By following the trend of the
IPI, a clinician can quickly assess the inter-relations of a patient’s
respiratory parameters.
IPI also provides an early indication of changes in a patient’s
respiratory status that may not be indicated by the values of the
individual parameters.
IPI is only supported in adult and pediatric mode. When patient
mode is set for neonatal, IPI cannot be enabled. Patient mode is
defined in the setup menu (mode see
“Patient mode” on
page 117). When pediatric is set, there are three pediatric sub-
modes based on age. It is important to choose the patient age
group to which the current patient belongs (see below).
Since the IPI uses data from the monitoring of both CO
2
and SpO
2
,
it will only be available when both parameters are available and RR
and PR are being calculated from these parameters.
IPI settings
The parameter settings are selected with the trim knob, described previously (see
“Settings via a parameter field” on page 31) .
The default settings are in bold.
Parameter Description
IPI Enabled 1
1. IPI can only be enabled when patient mode is set to either adult or pediatric
No /yes. When enabled the measurement appears below the etCO
2
measurement. The lower limit is displayed after the measurement.
Age range
2
2. Age range is only applicable when the patient mode is set to pediatric. When patient mode is set to adult this option
is greyed and cannot be entered.
1 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 12.
Lower limit 1 to 9 (default 4 )