Document Outline

• Warranty, Service, and Spare Parts
  • Warranty
  • Assistance and Parts
  • When calling, please be prepared to provide:
  • Repairs
  • Packing Instructions
• General information
  • Welcome
• Intended use
• Indications
• Contraindications and considerations
• 1. Getting started
  • 1.1 The ABP window
• 2. Recording an ABP test
  • 2.1 About recording ABP tests
  • 2.2 Record an ABP test
    • To record an ABP test:
    • Enter patient and protocol information
      • To enter patient and protocol information:
    • Store previously recorded measurements
      • To read back the measurements and save them to the patient's previous test:
      • To assign the measurements to a test of another patient:
      • To assign the measurements to a new patient:
  • 2.3 Read back measurements
    • To read back the measurements and save them on your computer:
    • Tips for reading back measurements:
• 3. Viewing an ABP test
  • 3.1 View an ABP test
    • To view an ABP test:
• 1. In the patient list, select the patient whose test you want to view. The tests that have been recorded for that patient are listed in the test list.
• 2. From the test list, select the ABP test that you want to see. ABP tests are indicated with . The ABP module is started automatically, and the test is displayed in the workspace.
  • 3.2 View and add information
    • To view information about the test:
    • To enter your own comments:
  • 3.3 Views
  • 3.4 Measurements view
    • Information
    • Norm values
    • Sleeping period
    • Working with the Measurements view
    • Assign measurements to the waking or sleeping period
      • To assign a measurement from the sleeping period to the waking period:
      • To assign measurements from the waking period to the sleeping period:
• 1. Right click on the measurement that you want to assign to the sleeping period.
• 2. In the shortcut menu, click Set asleep. A gray shade is added to the measurement to indicate that the patient was asleep when this measurement was taken.
  • Add a comment
    • To add a comment:
  • Temporarily hide a measurement from a test
    • To temporarily hide a measurement:
• 1. In the Measurements view, click the measurement that you want to hide.
• 2. Right click on the measurement. In the shortcut menu, click Exclude. The measurement number is put between brackets to indicate that this measurement is not used in the test at the moment. The measurement is not used in any of the measurements or graphs
• 3. Click Include to make the measurement part of the test again.
  • Delete a measurement
  • 3.5 Hourly intervals view
    • Information
    • Working with the Hourly intervals view
      • To change the intervals for which the values are displayed:
  • 3.6 Trends view
    • Information
    • Norm values
    • Sleeping period
    • Working with the trends view
    • View exact values in the Trends view
    • Compare ABP tests of the same patient
      • To make a comparison:
• 1. Right click on the graph.
• 2. In the shortcut menu, click Comparison.
• 3. In the Comparison dialog box select the test with which you want to compare the current test and click OK.
• 4. The graphs for both tests are shown in the Trends view window. To return to the current test, click Comparison in the shortcut menu and click on the selected test.
  • 3.7 Summary view
    • Information
    • Awake/asleep decrease
    • Morning average
    • Working with the summary view
    • Change the norm values
      • To change the norm values:
  • 3.8 Scatter points view
    • Information
    • Sleeping period
    • Working with the Scatter points view
    • Toggle between one or all graphs
  • 3.9 Rise and fall view
    • Information
    • Sleeping period
    • Working with the Rise and fall view
  • 3.10 Zoom in on a graph
    • To zoom in on a graph:
• 1. Position your mouse near the area that you want to enlarge.
• 2. Click your mouse button and keep it pressed. When you move the mouse from the top left corner to the bottom right corner of the graph, a square is drawn.
• 3. Drag the square over the area that you want to enlarge. The area is enlarged.
  • To reset the zoom:
  • 3.11 Exceeding norms view
  • 3.12 Frequency distribution
• 4. Interpreting an ABP test
  • 4.1 Edit and confirm an interpretation
    • To edit and confirm an interpretation manually:
    • To edit and confirm an interpretation with the statement tree:
    • Tips for editing and confirming an interpretation:
  • 4.2 View interpretation history
    • To view the interpretation history:
• 5. Printing an ABP test
  • 5.1 About printing ABP tests
    • Print formats
• 6. Customize the ABP module
  • 6.1 About customizing
    • To open the ABP settings:
  • 6.2 ABP settings- General tab
  • 6.3 ABP settings- Printing tab
    • Print after the measurements are read back from the device
  • 6.4 ABP settings- Advanced tab
  • 6.5 Protocols
  • 6.6 Add or edit a protocol
    • To create a new protocol:
    • To add a stage to the protocol:
    • To edit a stage:
  • 6.7 Customize abp.txt
    • To customize the statements:
• 1. Use Notepad to open the file abp.txt. As a default, this file is located in C:\program files\cardio control\mdw\modules\resources\0009 (English) or \0013 (Dutch).
• 2. Edit, add and delete the statements according to your own preferences.
  • To create a new category:
• 1. Type the name of the new category on the first position of a new line.
• 2. Enter the statements you want to add to this category on new lines, make sure that each statement indents one character.
  • 6.8 Device overview
    • To view the Device overview:
  • 6.9 ABP error list
• 7. Troubleshooting
  • When creating a new ABP test, the computer tells me that there is no response from the hardware:
  • The ABP Perfect unit does not display “co” after it has been connected to the computer:
  • Measurement fails repeatedly:
  • An error code appears on the display of the ABP unit:
• 8. Installing the ABP module
  • 8.1 Connect the recorder to the computer
    • To connect the ABPM 6100 recorder to the computer:
  • 8.2 Configure Welch Allyn CardioPerfect Workstation
    • To configure Welch Allyn CardioPerfect Workstation for use with the recorder:
• 9. Function keys