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Appendix C
Principles of Noninvasive Blood Pressure
Determination
The oscillometric method of determining NIBP is
accomplished by a sensitive transducer which measures cuff
pressure and minute pressure oscillations within the cuff. A
single determination (in normal mode) is initiated before
taking repeated determinations in auto or stat mode. As a
determination is taken, the algorithm stores the pattern of the
patient's oscillation size as a function of the pressure steps. In
auto and stat mode, as few as six pressure steps may be
necessary to complete the determination process. When
employing fewer pressure steps, the system uses the stored
information from the previous blood pressure determination
to decide the best pressure steps to take. The algorithm
measures the consistency of pulse size to tell if the
oscillations taken at a step are good and if more steps are
needed.
The first determination initially pumps up to a target pressure
of about 150 mmHg for adult patients depending on initial
target pressure preset. After inflating the cuff, the NIBP
parameter begins to deflate, the oscillations versus cuff
pressure is measured, and, finally, systolic pressure, mean
pressure, and diastolic pressure are calculated and the screen
is updated.
During an NIBP determination, the parameter deflates the
cuff one step each time it detects two pulsations of relatively
equal amplitude. The time between deflation steps depends
on the frequency of these matched pulses (pulse rate of the
patient). However, if the monitor is unable to find any pulse
within several seconds, it will deflate to the next step. The
process of finding two matched pulses at each step provides
artifact rejection due to patient movement and greatly
enhances the accuracy of the monitor. The figure shows a full
determination sequence for an adult patient. In stat mode,
the artifact rejection technique of two matching pulses at
each step is disabled and some steps may have only one
pulse.
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