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Starting a case using default settings
Starting a case using custom settings
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The MAC age value is shown when using a CARESCAPE
module. The MAC age value is calculated from the exhaled gas
concentration and the related affects based on the age of the patient.
The MAC age calculation used is based on the Eger formula. When
two agents are detected, the MAC values of each agent are added
together. MAC age takes patient's age into account. Typically,
younger patients have better liver function and can clear a drug
faster, resulting in a higher MAC value. The patient age is based on
the patient age entered in the Start Case menu or the Patient
Demographics menu. The default patient age of the selected case
type is used if no patient age value is entered.
The MAC value is shown when using an Airway Gas option module,
which is calculated from the exhaled gas concentration and only
shows the MAC value for the primary agent detected.
The MAC or MAC age value shows on several areas of the screen
including the mini-trend, agent waveform numeric information, agent
digit field, and graphical trends page.
Start a case using the default settings by case type defined by the
Super User.
Case Defaults contain five case type selections. Each case type has
preset values for Ideal Weight, Age, and Volume Apnea Alarm.
The first four default case types are configured and named by the
Super User. The fifth default case is Last Case.
1.
Select Start Case.
The Case Defaults selection shows the first preset case type.
Ideal Weight, Age, CO2 Alarms, and Volume Apnea Alarm
show the default settings that correspond to the case type
shown.
2.
Verify or change the Case Defaults selected.
3.
Verify the settings are clinically appropriate.
4.
Select Start Case Now. Start gas flow by turning on the gas
flow knobs.
Ideal Weight, Age, CO2 Alarms, and Volume Apnea Alarm can be
custom set on the Start Case menu before starting a case.
Additional ventilator settings, ventilation mode, alarm settings, and
gas settings can be custom set through the Vent Mode menu and
other ventilation quick keys and Alarm Setup menu.
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