TY - JOUR
T1 - A new device for the care of Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome patients during sleep
AU - Cavalleri, M.
AU - Carcano, A.
AU - Morandi, F.
AU - Piazza, C.
AU - Maggioni, E.
AU - Reni, G.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is a genetic disease that causes an autonomous nervous system dysregulation. Patients are unable to have a correct ventilation, especially during sleep, facing risk of death. Therefore, most of them are mechanically ventilated during night and their blood oxygenation is monitored, while a supervisor keeps watch over them. If low oxygen levels are detected by the pulse-oximeter, an alarm fires; the supervisor deals with the situation and, if there is neither a technical problem nor a false alarm, wakes the subject, as CCHS patients usually recover from hypoxia when roused from sleep. During a single night multiple alarms may occur, causing fractioned sleep for the subject and a lasting state of anxiety for supervisors.
AB - Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome (CCHS) is a genetic disease that causes an autonomous nervous system dysregulation. Patients are unable to have a correct ventilation, especially during sleep, facing risk of death. Therefore, most of them are mechanically ventilated during night and their blood oxygenation is monitored, while a supervisor keeps watch over them. If low oxygen levels are detected by the pulse-oximeter, an alarm fires; the supervisor deals with the situation and, if there is neither a technical problem nor a false alarm, wakes the subject, as CCHS patients usually recover from hypoxia when roused from sleep. During a single night multiple alarms may occur, causing fractioned sleep for the subject and a lasting state of anxiety for supervisors.
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U2 - 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610034
DO - 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6610034
M3 - Article
C2 - 24110221
VL - 2013
SP - 2445
EP - 2448
JO - Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
JF - Conference proceedings : ... Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Conference
SN - 1557-170X
ER -