Alzoubi Khawla, Alguraan Ziyad, Ramahi Omar M
Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar.
RAlsalam Medical Group, Riyadh, 11433 Saudi Arabia.
Springerplus. 2016 Apr 18;5:470. doi: 10.1186/s40064-016-2102-z. eCollection 2016.
Oxygen is a lifesaving medication that should be offered with an administration to a patient who suffers from oxygen deficiency to avoid toxic effects of excessive oxygen supplement as well as to minimize the exposure to hypoxaemia. This work aims to automate the process of administering oxygen delivery in order to extend the continuous oxygen administration process beyond the IC units, reduce the cost of oxygen administration in terms of well-trained health care providers and equipment, prolong the lifetime of oxygen supplement, and help in the process of weaning patient from oxygen. In this work, a prototype model for a Portable Automated Oxygen Delivery System that consists of two subsystems: an Oxygen Reader Subsystem and an Automated Adjustment Oxygen Delivery Subsystem, both communicating wirelessly, has been developed. The system promises significant benefits in improving the life quality of hypoxaemic patients as well as healthcare service for oxygen delivery administration.
氧气是一种救命药物,对于缺氧患者应在给予治疗时使用,以避免过量补充氧气的毒性作用,并尽量减少低氧血症的暴露。这项工作旨在实现氧气输送管理过程的自动化,以便将持续氧气输送过程扩展到重症监护病房之外,在训练有素的医护人员和设备方面降低氧气输送成本,延长氧气补充的持续时间,并有助于患者从氧气治疗中逐渐撤机。在这项工作中,已经开发了一种便携式自动氧气输送系统的原型模型,该系统由两个子系统组成:一个氧气读取子系统和一个自动调节氧气输送子系统,两者通过无线方式进行通信。该系统有望在改善低氧血症患者的生活质量以及氧气输送管理的医疗服务方面带来显著益处。