Direct measurement of airway pressure in ventilated very low birth weight infants

Author

Silberberg, Ants R. ; Sandberg, Kenneth

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signals & Syst., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg

fYear

2006

fDate

Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006

Firstpage

2868

Lastpage

2870

Abstract

A new method for direct measurement of airway pressure using a fiber optic pressure sensor (FOPS) has been tested in very low birth weight infants during mechanical ventilation. Airway pressure and ventilatory flow was recorded in an initial investigation in three newborn infants with a birth weight less than 1000 g. The method for direct measurement of airway pressure was found to be feasible in ventilated infants and can form a basis for reliable measurements which can be used to derive information on lung function and to guide in finding an effective ventilator management

Keywords

biomedical measurement; fibre optic sensors; lung; obstetrics; pneumodynamics; pressure measurement; ventilation; FOPS; airway pressure measurement; fiber optic pressure sensor; lung function; mechanical ventilation; ventilatory flow; very low birth weight infant; Electrical resistance measurement; Fluid flow measurement; Lungs; Mechanical sensors; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Pediatrics; Pressure measurement; Ventilation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

New York, NY

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0032-5

Electronic_ISBN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260246

Filename

4462394