Abbreviations

A

AC	Alternating current
Agent/ agent	Anesthetic gas
AGS	Anesthetic gas scavenging system
Air/AIR	Compressed air for medical use
APL	Adjustable Pressure Limitation
ATPS	Measuring conditions at ambient temperature, current atmospheric pressure and with saturated gas

B

BTPS	Measuring conditions at body temperature, current atmospheric pressure and with saturated gas
BW	Body weight

C

CAL	Calibration
cmH2O	Centimeter of water
CO2	Carbon dioxide
COM 1	Interfaces used as Medibus interfaces.
COM 2	Interfaces used as Medibus interfaces.
CPAP	Continuous positive airway pressure
CPAT	Patient compliance
CS	Central gas supply / Piped medical gas supply for O2, N2O, AIR, and vacuum
CSYS	System compliance

D

ΔO2	Difference between inspiratory and expiratory O2 concentration
ΔPPS	Difference in pressure to PEEP in Pressure Support mode
ΔVT	Difference between inspiratory and expiratory tidal volume
Des.	Desflurane

E

etCO2	End-expiratory CO2 concentration
EMC	Electromagnetic compatibility
Enf.	Enflurane
ESD	Electrostatic discharge
exp.	Expiratory
Ext. Outlet	External fresh gas mode

F

FG	Fresh gas
Freq./freq.	Frequency
FreqMIN	Mandatory minimum frequency in Pressure Support mode

H

Hal.	Halothane
HF surgery	High-frequency surgery
HLM	Heart lung machine
HME	Heat and Moisture Exchanger
hPa	Hectopascal

I

I:E	Ratio of inspiratory time to expiratory time
in	Inches
insp.	Inspiratory
inDes	Inspiratory desflurane concentration
inEnf	Inspiratory enflurane concentration
inHal	Inspiratory halothane concentration
inIso	Inspiratory isoflurane concentration
inSev	Inspiratory sevoflurane concentration
inCO2	Inspiratory CO2 concentration
inO2	Inspiratory O2 concentration
INOP	Inoperable
Iso.	Isoflurane
IV	Intravenous

K

kg	Kilogram
kPa	Kilopascal

L

lbs.	Pounds
LeakSYS	System leakage

M

MAC	Minimum Alveolar Concentration
MAN/AUTO	Manual/mechanical ventilation
Man.Spont., MAN/SPONT	Manual/spontaneous breathing
mbar	Millibar
mmHg	Millimeter of mercury
mL	Milliliter
MPG	Medizinproduktegesetz (German Law on Medical Devices)
MV	Expiratory minute volume
MVLEAK	Difference between inspiratory and expiratory minute volume

N

N2O	Nitrous oxide
NiBP	Non-invasive blood pressure
NTPD	Normal temperature pressure dry (20 °C (68 °F), 1013 hPa (760 mmHg), dry)

O

O2	Oxygen
O2+	O2 flush

P

PAW	Airway pressure
PAW-V loop	Pressure/volume loop
PEAK	Peak pressure
PEEP	Positive end-expiratory pressure
PEIRP	equivalent isotropic radiated power" of the adjacent RF transmitter
PINSP	Inspiratory pressure in Pressure Mode
PLAT	Plateau pressure
pleth	Plethysmogram
PMAX	Maximum pressure
PMEAN	Mean pressure
ppm	Parts per million
Pressure/ Press. Mode	Pressure Mode Pressure-controlled ventilation
Press. Support / Press. Supp.	Pressure Support mode Pressure-assisted ventilation
PS	Pressure support
psi	Pounds per square inch

R

RF	Radio Frequency
RFID	Radio Frequency Identification

S

Safety O2	O2 emergency delivery
Sev.	Sevoflurane
SORC	Sensitive Oxygen Ratio Controller
SpO2	Functional O2 saturation
Standby Conf.	Standby configuration for default values and settings
Sync./sync.	Synchronization

T

TEXP	Expiratory time
TIP:TINSP	Ratio of inspiratory pause time to inspiratory time
TINSP	Inspiratory time
Trigger	Trigger level
TSLOPE	Rise time

U

UPS	Uninterruptible power supply

V

V	Volt
VAC	Vacuum (e.g. for secretion aspiration)
Vent. mode	Ventilation mode
V-Flow loop	Volume flow loop
Vol.%	Percentage gas rate in relation to total gas volume
Volume/ Vol. Mode	Volume Mode Volume-controlled ventilation
Volume AF	Volume mode AutoFlow
VT	Tidal volume
VTINSP	Measured inspiratory tidal volume

X

xMAC	Multiple of MAC