A personal computer system for testing gas exchange, heart, lungs, ventilatory pump.
This paper reports the development of a computer system for testing gas exchange and lung function in the ICU. The essence of the system is a software package that uses an IBM personal computer for data processing and analysis. Front end hardware is modular, as is software, so that portions or all of the system can be used. The system provides measurements of lung mechanics work, functional residual volume, spirometry, oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output, lung water, blood gas interpretation, hemodynamics. Reports are provided by standard data base manager and so are easily customized.
D003201:Computers; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008838:Microcomputers; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012119:Respiration; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests / Q000379:methods; D012984:Software