title: The AR-8800--a new impedance pneumograph (plethysmograph) respiratory monitor.
abstract: The Atlas AR-8800, an impedance pneumograph respiratory monitor, is claimed to detect both apnea and hypoventilation. The authors tested the monitor on eight anesthetized patients and found the apnea alarm to be effective and efficient. In addition, the ventilation alarm index, a system specific to this monitor, detected hypoventilation and also differentiated between irrelevant body movements and apnea.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Meir Hospital Kfar Saba, Israel.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jedeikin
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Olsfanger
mesh_terms: D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D010992:Plethysmography, Impedance / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology