Title :
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
fDate :
Aug. 30 2006-Sept. 3 2006
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2006. EMBS '06. 28th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
New York, NY
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0032-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2006.260246
