Does the QED-100 work with the Draeger Apollo anesthesia machine?
Yes. However, the Apollo has difficulty discerning the difference between inhalation and exhalation while CO2 is being rebreathed when the QED-100 is active. The Apollo requires the fraction of inspired CO2 to be zero in order to determine that the patient is in inspiration. When the QED-100 is active, the fraction of inspired CO2 is not zero since the patient is actively rebreathing CO2. This may cause the machine to display oscillating values of inspired and expired oxygen and anesthetic agent. In addition, the Apollo may cease to display values of end tidal or fraction of inspired CO2.
