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Analysis of the nonlinear autodependencies of respiratory pattern in patients on weaning trials
M Vallverdú1, O Tibaduisa, D Hoyer
1Biomedical Engineering Research Centre, Department ESAII, Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain.
Abstract:
Traditional time domain techniques of data analysis are often not sufficient to characterize the nonlinear dynamics of respiration. In this study, the respiratory pattern variability was analyzed using auto mutual information measures. These provide access to nonlinear statistical autodependencies of respiratory pattern variability. A group of 20 patients on weaning trials from mechanical ventilation were studied at two different pressure support ventilation levels, in order to obtain respiratory volume signals with different variability. Time series of breathing duration, inspiratory time, fractional inspiratory time, tidal volume and mean inspiratory flow were analyzed. Different measures based on auto-mutual information were studied to characterize the respiratory pattern variability with regard to its complex organization.
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