Fluke Biomedical VT Plus HF - Manual (Page 55)

Operation
Measured Signals
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Table 3-1. Parameters Calculated by the Analyzer
Parameter Abbreviation How Calculated
Inspiratory Time In Time Time of the inspiratory period including the
inspiratory hold time
Expiratory Time Ex Time Time of the expiratory period including the
expiratory hold time
Inspiratory Hold Time In Hold Time of the End Inspiratory State
Expiratory Hold Time Ex Hold Time of the End Expiratory State
Inspiratory to Expiratory
Time Ratio I:E Ratio of the inspiratory time to the Expiratory
Time
Inspiratory Hold
Pressure IPP Average pressure during the End Inspiratory
State
Positive End-Expiratory
Pressure PEEP Average pressure during the End Expiratory
State
Mean Airway Pressure MAP Mean pressure over the entire breath
Peak Inspiratory
Pressure PIP Maximum pressure during the Inspiratory Time
Tidal Volume Tidal Vol Total volume accumulated over the Inspiratory
Time
Minute Volume Minute Vol Expiratory Tidal Volume times the respiratory
rate in breaths per minute; reported as an eight-
breath average
Peak Inspiratory Flow
Rate PIF Maximum of the absolute value of the Flow Rate
measured during the Inspiratory Time
Peak Expiratory Flow
Rate PEF Maximum of the absolute value of the Flow Rate
measured during the Expiratory Time
Compliance N/A Expiratory Tidal Volume divided by the difference
of the Inspiratory Hold Pressure and PEEP