Noninvasive monitoring of chest wall movement in infants using laser

Kondo, Tsutomu; Minocchieri, Stefan; Baldwin, David N; Nelle, Mathias; Frey, Urs (2006). Noninvasive monitoring of chest wall movement in infants using laser. Pediatric pulmonology, 41(10), pp. 985-92. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/ppul.20482

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Traditionally, non-invasive monitoring of tidal volume in infants has been performed using impedance plethysmography analyzed using a one or two compartment model. We developed a new laser system for use in infants, which measures antero-posterior movement of the chest wall during quiet sleep. In 24 unsedated or sedated infants (11 healthy, 13 with respiratory disease), we examined whether the analysis of thoracoabdominal movement based on a three compartment model could more accurately estimate tidal volume in comparison to V(T) measured at the mouth. Using five laser signals, chest wall movements were measured at the right and left, upper and lower ribcage and the abdomen. Within the tidal volume range from 4.6 to 135.7 ml, a three compartment model showed good short term repeatability and the best agreement with tidal volume measured at mouth (r(2) = 0.86) compared to that of a single compartment model (r(2) = 0.62, P < 0.0001) and a two compartment model (r(2) = 0.82, P < 0.01), particularly in the presence of respiratory disease. Three compartment modeling of a 5 laser thoracoabdominal monitoring permits more accurate estimates of tidal volume in infants and potentially of regional differences of chest wall displacement in future studies.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Gynaecology, Paediatrics and Endocrinology (DFKE) > Clinic of Paediatric Medicine
UniBE Contributor:	Minocchieri, Stefan, Nelle, Mathias, Frey, Urs Peter
ISSN:	8755-6863
ISBN:	16868962
Publisher:	Wiley-Blackwell
Language:	English
Submitter:	Anette van Dorland
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:48
Last Modified:	05 Dec 2022 14:14
Publisher DOI:	10.1002/ppul.20482
PubMed ID:	16868962
Web of Science ID:	000241169600011
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/19985 (FactScience: 3064)