Positioning the InSpectra
cautIoN:
• S evere bends and kinks in the sensor cable or optical cable
can distort the InSpectra
bend radius tighter than 25mm or 1 inch is not acceptable.
See figure 18.1.
• E xcessive patient motion can cause transient
InSpectra StO
Measurements.
2
• I naccurate measurements can result from:
– Contaminating the window on the adhesive side of the InSpectra StO
– Placing the InSpectra StO
– Indocyanine green and methylene blue dyes present in the blood (they absorb in the same wavelength
region as used by the InSpectra StO
– Methemoglobin, carboxy-hemoglobin and other dyshemoglobins present in the blood.
Data Display
The data display has three (3) modes
of operation available during patient
monitoring:
1. Live data (default display used
during patient monitoring and
Home selection)
2. Historical data graph
3. Historical data table
1. Live Data (default)
% StO
value
1
2
% StO
trend graph
2
2
Tissue Hemoglobin Index (THI)
3
value
THI signal bars
4
18
Patient Monitoring
StO
™
2
StO
System Measurements. A
™
2
Sensor over a hematoma or bony prominence.
2
Tissue Oxygenation Monitor).
2
Sensor
(continued)
Sensor.
2
2
3
4
figure 18.1
1
figure 18.2