EVENT SEQUENCING USING ACOUSTIC RESPIRATORY MARKERS AND METHODS

摘要

Disclosed are systems and methods for detecting e.g. physiological, pathophysiological and therapeutic events, and characterizing the temporal relationship between these events and acoustic respiratory markers.

主权项

1. A method for characterizing a temporal relationship between an acoustic respiratory marker and an event in a subject, including the steps of:
(a) simultaneously monitoring an acoustic signal from the respiratory system of the subject and at least one parameter selected from a group including a physiological parameter, a pathophysiological parameter, a patient-reported symptom and a therapeutic parameter associated with the subject; (c) identifying the event in the monitored parameter(s); and (d) identifying, in the monitored acoustic signal, the presence of one or more respiratory markers coinciding with and/or preceding and/or ensuing the event;
wherein the relationship is characterized by determining a temporal correlation between the event and the one or more acoustic respiratory markers.