Breath Sensor Technology for the Use in Mechanical Lung Ventilation Equipment for Monitoring Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT: The need for mechanical lung ventilation is common in critically ill patients, either with COVID-19 infection or due to other causes. Monitoring of patients being ventilated is essential for timely and improved management. We here propose the use of a novel breath volatile organic compound sensor technology to be used in a mechanical lung ventilation machine for this purpose; the technology was evaluated in critically ill COVID-19 patients on mechanical lung ventilation. Based on the consistency results of our study data, the breath sensor device with metal oxide gas sensors and environment-controlling sensors was mounted on the ventilation exhaust port of the ventilation machine; this allowed to ensure additional safety since the device was placed outside the contour between the patient a

SUBMITTER: Bhandari MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8870831 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature