Time characteristics of prolonged partial obstruction periods using an Emfit mattress

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    Abstract

    Prolonged partial obstruction (PPO) is a sleep disordered breathing (SDB) characterized by increased respiratory efforts for extended periods of time. In this research, we analyzed the time characteristics differences of the Emfit (Electromechanical film transducer) signal between PPO and normal breathing (NB) periods. An experienced neurophysiologist selected ten-minute periods of PPO and NB from a sample of 10 patients suffering from PPO using the esophageal pressure as a Gold reference. Time features were extracted to study the differences between the two types of breathing. Statistical differences of a set of time-related features were assessed with Mann-Whitney U–test. The individual diagnostic performance was determined using receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis. Additionally, the diagnostic performance of a subset of features was evaluated using a support vector machine (SVM) classifier. In the evaluation, average results over ten-fold Monte Carlo cross-validation with 80% training and 20% testing splits were reported. Sixteen features reached statistical significance. The classifier achieved sensitivity and specificity of 85±12%, 87±14%, respectively.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEMBEC and NBC 2017 - Joint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference EMBEC 2017 and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, NBC 2017
    EditorsH Eskola
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages775-778
    Number of pages4
    ISBN (Print)978-981-10-5121-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
    EventJoint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC) -
    Duration: 1 Jan 2018 → …

    Publication series

    NameIFMBE Proceedings
    Volume65
    ISSN (Print)1433-9277

    Conference

    ConferenceJoint Conference of the European Medical and Biological Engineering Conference (EMBEC) and the Nordic-Baltic Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics (NBC)
    Period1/01/18 → …

    Keywords

    • Emfit (Electromechanical film transducer) mattress
    • Increased respiratory resistance (IRR)
    • Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA)
    • Prolonged partial obstruction (PPO)
    • Sleep
    • Sleep-disordered breathing (SDB)

    Publication forum classification

    • Publication forum level 1

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