Preventing life-threatening clinical mismanagement caused by damped arterial lines and motion artifacts.
When arterial catheter tubing gathers blood clots or air bubbles, under-damped or over-damped resonance occurs, skewing blood pressure readings by 30+ mmHg. VitalOpt automatically evaluates step-response oscillations to alert nurses when recalibration is required.
Tracking the ratio of pulsatile to non-pulsatile infrared absorption provides continuous peripheral vasomotor assessment, distinguishing systemic hypoperfusion from regional vasoconstriction.