title: Breath gas analysis for estimating physiological processes using anesthetic monitoring as a prototypic example.
abstract: Analysis of exhaled trace gases is a novel methodology for gaining continuous and non-invasive information on the clinical state of an individual. This paper serves to explore some potential applications of breath gas analysis in anesthesia, describing a monitoring scheme for target site concentrations and cardiac output via physiological modeling and real-time breath profiles of the anesthetic agent. The rationale given here is mainly simulation-based, however, the underlying concepts are directly applicable to a routine clinical setting.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Mathematics, University of Vienna, A-1090 Wien, Austria. jking@oeaw.ac.at
authors.forename: Julian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Unterkofler
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teschl
authors.forename: Anton
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amann
authors.forename: Gerald
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Teschl
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001944:Breath Tests / Q000379:methods*; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D010865:Pilot Projects