Journal of clinical monitoring and computing
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J Clin Monit Comput · Jun 2022
Continuous non-contact respiratory rate and tidal volume monitoring using a Depth Sensing Camera.
The monitoring of respiratory parameters is important across many areas of care within the hospital. Here we report on the performance of a depth-sensing camera system for the continuous non-contact monitoring of Respiratory Rate (RR) and Tidal Volume (TV), where these parameters were compared to a ventilator reference. Depth sensing data streams were acquired and processed over a series of runs on a single volunteer comprising a range of respiratory rates and tidal volumes to generate depth-based respiratory rate (RRdepth) and tidal volume (TVdepth) estimates. ⋯ In conclusion, a high degree of agreement was found between the depth-based respiration rate and its ventilator reference, indicating that RRdepth is a promising modality for the accurate non-contact respiratory rate monitoring in the clinical setting. In addition, a high degree of correlation between depth-based tidal volume and its ventilator reference was found, indicating that TVdepth may provide a useful monitor of tidal volume trending in practice. Future work should aim to further test these parameters in the clinical setting.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Jun 2022
Comparison of renal region, cerebral and peripheral oxygenation for predicting postoperative renal impairment after CABG.
Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are at risk of developing postoperative renal impairment, amongst others caused by renal ischemia and hypoxia. Intra-operative monitoring of renal region tissue oxygenation (SrtO2) might be a useful tool to detect renal hypoxia and predict postoperative renal impairment. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess the ability of intra-operative SrtO2 to predict postoperative renal impairment, defined as an increase of serum creatinine concentrations of > 10% from individual baseline, and compare this with the predictive abilities of peripheral and cerebral tissue oxygenation (SptO2 and SctO2, respectively) and renal specific tissue deoxygenation. ⋯ Tissue oxygenation of the renal region, although non-invasively and continuously available, cannot be used in adults to predict postoperative renal impairment after CABG. Instead, peripheral tissue deoxygenation was able to predict postoperative renal impairment, suggesting that SptO2 provides a better indication of 'general' tissue oxygenation status. Registered at ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01347827, first submitted April 27, 2011.
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J Clin Monit Comput · Jun 2022
The impact of video games on training: can it change the game of endotracheal intubation?
In recent years, several studies have demonstrated that the experience derived from video games improves interventions that require technical skills. Airway management is crucial to anesthesiologists, requiring technical and non-technical skills. We evaluated the benefits of video games for video stylet-guided tracheal intubation, which allows the use of video technology in airway management of residents with anesthesiology training. ⋯ Time to intubate the trachea by using video stylet in (Group 1) was found to be 29 s on average, and it was 59.9 s for Group 2 ( p < 0.01) The average number of tracheal intubation attempts was 1.1 in Group 1, and 1.4 in Group 2 (p = 0.19). Video gaming experience improves the visual attention. Those accustomed to playing with video games, video stylet- guided tracheal intubation, performed intubation in less time.