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Objective. An algorithm to improve the response time of a clinical respiratory multigas analyser is presented. Methods. The algorithm involves the application of a second order differential equation to the analyser gas output signals in real-time. The adjusted analyser output signals are compared with those of a quadrupole respiratory mass spectrometer sampling and analysing simultaneously. Results. Our results show a close correlation between the adjusted clinical gas analyser and the mass spectrometer signals. Lung volumes derived from a non-invasive sinusoidal inert gas forcing technique, in a model test lung, using the adjusted clinical gas analyser and the mass spectrometer signals demonstrated comparable results. Conclusions. The algorithm provides an improvement on the relatively slow response times of the clinical gas analyser for breath-by-breath time-dependent applications. The same algorithm can also be applied to other instruments which have slow response times.
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Wong, L., Hamilton, R., Palayiwa, E. et al. A Real-Time Algorithm to Improve the Response Time of a Clinical Multigas Analyser. J Clin Monit Comput 14, 441–446 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1009941900141
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