Philips MP40/50 Medical Alarms User Manual


 
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Trends are patient data collected over time and displayed in graphic or tabular form to give you a
picture of how your patient’s condition is developing. Trend information is stored in the trends
database for continuously-monitored measurements, such as ECG, as well as for aperiodically-
measured parameters, such as Cardiac Output.
Viewing Trends
Trend information can be viewed embedded as a screen element on specially-designed Screens, or you
can open a trend window over the current Screen.
To view trends embedded as a screen element, select the Screen name in the monitor info line to
enter the
Change Screen menu, then select a Screen designed to show an embedded trend
window.
To open the tabular trends window over the current Screen, select the Vitals
Trend
SmartKey.
To open the graphic trends window over the current Screen, select the Graph
Trends SmartKey.
The trend windows open displaying the most recent data and are updated as new data
is stored. A timescale along the bottom of the screen shows you where you are in the
trends database. The preview column on the right-hand side shows the latest available
measurement value. The preview column is updated every five minutes or whenever an
NBP or other aperiodic measurement is completed.
A question mark (?) beside a value means that the data may not be reliable, due perhaps to an INOP
condition in the measurement.
Your monitor screen may look slightly different to the examples shown here.
Vital
Graph