8 Monitoring Respiration Rate (Resp)

Understanding the Resp Display

Lateral Chest Expansion

Some patients, especially neonates, expand their chests laterally. In these cases it is best to place the two respiratory electrodes in the right midaxillary and left lateral chest areas at the patient’s maximum point of breathing movement to optimize the respiratory wave.

Abdominal Breathing

Some patients with restricted chest movement breathe mainly abdominally. In these cases, you may need to place the left leg electrode on the left abdomen at the point of maximum abdominal expansion to optimize the respiratory wave.

Understanding the Resp Display

The Resp measurement is displayed on the monitor as a continuous wave and a numeric respiration rate. If the detected respiration rate is close to the heart rate, this is indicated by the text HR = RR next to the respiration wave if you are in manual monitoring mode. Your monitor screen may look slightly different from the illustration.

1 Ohm calibration bar

Manually-set Resp detection level

Resp

1 Ohm

Resp numeric and label

RR

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Changing Resp Detection Modes

The Resp detection level can be set either automatically or manually.

To change the resp detection mode, in the Setup Resp menu, select Auto/Manual to toggle between the settings.

Auto Detection Mode

In Auto Detection Mode, the monitor adjusts the detection level automatically, depending on the wave height and the presence of cardiac artifact. Note that in Auto Detection Mode,

• the detection level (a dotted line) is not displayed on the waveform,

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Philips MP40/50, MP60/70/80/90 manual Understanding the Resp Display, Changing Resp Detection Modes, Lateral Chest Expansion

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