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Documenting Trends
To print a Vital Signs or Graphical Trends report,
•in the
Vital Signs or Graph Trends window, select the pop-up key Print to print a report for the
trend group currently on the monitor screen.
Reports include the most recent information in the trends database and extend backwards in time
according to the selected trend interval and your monitor's configuration. Trends reports can be
printed on central or local printers.
To make a Vital Signs recording,
•in the
Vital Signs window, select the Print/ Record pop-up key, then select the Record Vitals pop-
up key.
Vital Signs recordings print the trend data for the current group and trend period shown in the
Vital
Signs
window.
Trends Databases
Depending on the purchased options and the monitor's configuration, the trends databases store
information for up to 32 measurements for up to 72 hours.
The values in the trends database are stored as measured by the monitor, they are not averaged values.
The trend resolution defines how often a value is stored. In general, if more than one value is available
for storage in the trends database, the most recent value is used. Some values in the trends are marked
with arrows. This indicates that for this time period, more values were available and the most recent
one is shown.
Example database configuration
In this example, we see that the monitor stores the most recent data at the highest resolution, older
data are stored at a lower resolution.
"4 hours @ 12 second resolution" means that the monitor stores trend data every 12 seconds, for the
most recent four hours.
Aperiodic Trends Database
Aperiodic trends do not count toward the maximum number of trends allowed by the trend
configuration. Trend data for aperiodic measurements is stored in a separate database and
timestamped with the measurement time.