Novel Respiratory Rate Monitor for Routine Use

描述（由申请人提供）：该项目的目标是开发一种经济，易于使用，准确且易于获取的自动呼吸速率监测仪。该项目的动机是有充分记录的发现，即在许多医疗环境中，如急诊室和普通医院病房，呼吸频率没有准确测量。呼吸频率是一项核心生命体征，用于评估患者的诊断和监测病情的变化或恶化。不准确的评估可能导致医疗错误，并可能增加患者的发病率和死亡率。为了改善所有患者的医疗保健，医学文献中一直呼吁开发一种自动呼吸速率监测器，该监测器可以与目前常规使用的血压、心率、温度和氧合的自动测量相结合。该项目将通过开发一种创新的、健壮的呼吸速率测量方法来满足这一需求。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The goal of this project is to develop an automated respiratory rate monitor that is economical, easy to use, accurate and widely accessible. The motivation for this project is well documented findings that respiratory rates are not accurately measured in many medical settings, such as, emergency rooms and general hospital wards. The respiratory rate is a core vital sign that is used in the evaluation of patients for diagnosis and for monitoring for change or deterioration in condition. Inaccurate assessment can lead to medical errors and could be expected to increase morbidity and mortality amongst patients. To improve the health care of all patients there has been a call in the medical literature for the development of an automated respiratory rate monitor that can be integrated with the automated measures of blood pressure, heart rate, temperature and oxygenation that is currently routinely utilized. This project will fulfill that need through the development of an innovative and robust approach to the measurement of respiratory rate. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project will result in the development of an economical method to enhance the medically ubiquitous pulse oximeter to serve as an automatic and accurate respiratory rate monitor. The routine measurement of this important vital sign has been found to be inaccurate in numerous medical settings including emergency rooms and hospital wards and has led to a call in the medical literature for the development of an automated respiratory rate monitor. The product developed by this project will answer that call and result in the improvement of patient monitoring and evaluation, which should lead to a decrease in medical errors and in morbidity and mortality.