An improved telemedicine system for remote titration and optimization of home mechanical ventilation

2010 5th Cairo International Biomedical Engineering Conference, CIBEC 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 66-69

  Govoni, Leonardo ^a   Farré, Ramon ^b,c   Pedotti, Antonio ^a   Montserrat, Josep M ^d   Dellaca, Raffaele L ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^d INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIONS BIOMÈDIQUES AUGUST PI I SUNYER IDIBAPS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMBEDDED DEVICE; GPRS DATA; HEART RATES; HIGH COSTS; LOW COSTS; MECHANICAL VENTILATION; OXYGEN SATURATION; PATIENT CONDITION; RESPIRATORY DISEASE; SIMPLE SYSTEM; TELEMEDICINE SYSTEMS; USB PORTS; WIRELESS CONNECTION; WIRELESS MODULE;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; HOSPITALS; OXYGEN; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE CIRCUITS; TITRATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 79952540649     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CIBEC.2010.5716060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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