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Automated closed-loop management of body temperature using forced-air blankets: preliminary feasibility study in a porcine model.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Management of a patient's body temperature is an important aspect of care that should be addressed by targeted temperature management (TTM). Often, non-invasive methods like forced-air blankets are used. Especially in the operating room this management may be a subsidiary and repetitive task requiring constant observation of the patient's body temperature and adaption using the limited set of available settings. Thus, automation of TTM is a feasible target to improve patient outcome and reduce caregiver workload.

Methods

A Philips IntelliVue MP 50 patient monitor with an arterial PiCCO catheter system was used to measure patient blood temperature. Thermal management was performed with a 3M Bair Hugger 755 warming unit with forced air blankets. The warming unit was extended by a computer interface to allow for remote and automated control. A proposed closed-loop algorithm reads the measured temperature and performs automated control of the 3M Bair Hugger. Evaluation was performed in an experimental intensive care setting for animal studies. Two fully automated trials are compared with two manual and two uncontrolled trials in the same study setting using six female pigs for prolonged observation times of up to 90 hours in each trial.

Results

The developed system and proposed algorithm allow more precise temperature management by keeping a set target temperature within a range of ±?0.5 °C in 88% of the observation time and within a range of ±?1.0 °C at all times. The proposed algorithm yielded better performance than did manual control or uncontrolled trials. It was able to adapt to individual patient needs as it is more dynamic than look-up table approaches with fixed settings for various temperatures.

Conclusions

Closed-loop TTM using non-invasive forced-air warming blankets was successfully tested in a porcine study with the proposed hardware interface and control algorithm. This automation can be beneficial for patient outcome and can reduce caregiver workload and patient risk in clinical settings. As temperature readings are most often available, existing devices like the 3M Bair Hugger can easily be expanded. However, even if clinical application is feasible, open questions regarding approval and certification of such automated systems within the current legal situation still need to be answered.

SUBMITTER: Peter J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6029032 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Automated closed-loop management of body temperature using forced-air blankets: preliminary feasibility study in a porcine model.

Peter Jörg J Klingert Kathrin K Klingert Wilfried W Thiel Karolin K Königsrainer Alfred A Grasshoff Christian C Rosenstiel Wolfgang W Schenk Martin M

BMC anesthesiology 20180703 1

<h4>Background</h4>Management of a patient's body temperature is an important aspect of care that should be addressed by targeted temperature management (TTM). Often, non-invasive methods like forced-air blankets are used. Especially in the operating room this management may be a subsidiary and repetitive task requiring constant observation of the patient's body temperature and adaption using the limited set of available settings. Thus, automation of TTM is a feasible target to improve patient o ...[more]

PMID: 29969995

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Automated closed-loop management of body temperature using forced-air blankets: preliminary feasibility study in a porcine model.

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Automated closed-loop management of body temperature using forced-air blankets: preliminary feasibility study in a porcine model.

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