Physiological measurement
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Physiological measurement · Aug 2000
Clinical TrialRespiratory monitoring using an air-mattress system.
This paper describes a non-invasive respiratory monitoring system using an air mattress. The air-mattress system features multiple air compartments to monitor movements of the thorax and the abdomen separately. ⋯ In addition, it was noted that the mean error in the measurement of the respiratory rate between the two systems was very small. This paper shows that the air-mattress system can be a reliable non-invasive respiratory monitoring system to detect simple abnormalities in breathing, such as respiration rate and hypopnoeas.