Philips V26CT, V24CT manual Message Minimum Condition Requiring an Alarm

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Using Philips Patient Care System with an Arrhythmia Computer

Message	Minimum Condition Requiring an Alarm
** R-ON-T PVCs	For HR <100, a PVC with R-R interval <1/3
	the average interval followed by a
	compensatory pause of 1.25 x average R-R
	interval or 2 such Vs without a
	compensatory pause occurring within 5 min.
	of each other. (When HR >100, 1/3 R-R
	interval is too short for detection.)
** VENT BIGEMINY	A dominant rhythm of N, V, N, V
	(N=supraventricular beat, V=ventricular
	beat)
** VENT TRIGEMINY	A dominant rhythm of N, N, V, N, N, V
	(N=supraventricular beat, V=ventricular
	beat)
** PVCs > xxx/MIN	PVCs within one minute exceeded the PVCs
	/min limit (xxx)
** MULTIFORM PVCs	The occurrence of two differently shaped
	Vs, each occurring at least twice within the
	last 300 beats as well as each occurring at
	least once within the last 60 beats
** HR yyy > xxx	Heart Rate (yyy) greater than the upper HR
	limit (xxx)
** HR yyy < xxx	Heart Rate (yyy) lower than the lower HR
	limit (xxx)
** IRREGULAR HR	Consistently irregular rhythm (irregular R-R
	intervals)

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