標題: Wireless Monitoring System for Oral-Feeding Evaluation of Preterm Infants
作者: Chen, Chang-Ting
Wang, Yu-Lin
Wang, Chen-An
Ko, Mei-Ju
Fang, Wai-Chi
Lin, Bor-Shyh
影像與生醫光電研究所
電子工程學系及電子研究所
Institute of Imaging and Biomedical Photonics
Department of Electronics Engineering and Institute of Electronics
關鍵字: Oral feeding disorder;premature infant;suck-swallow-respiration function;wireless monitoring system
公開日期: 1-Oct-2015
摘要: The oral feeding disorder is one of the important indicators for the high risk group of neurodevelopment delay. The procedure of oral feeding requires the coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing activities, and it is the most complex sensorimotor process for newborn infants. Premature infants often uneasily complete the procedure of oral feeding. However, the evaluation of the oral feeding disorders and severity are usually dependent on the subjective clinical experience of the physician. Monitoring the sucking-swallowing-breathing activities directly is difficult for preterm infants. In this study, a wireless monitoring system for oral-feeding evaluation of full term and preterm infants was proposed to objectively and quantitatively evaluate the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function during oral feeding. Moreover, the ratios of the swallowing and breathing event numbers to the sucking event number were defined to evaluate the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function during oral feeding. Finally, the system performance was validated and the coordination of suck-swallow-respiration function for full term and preterm infants during oral feeding was also investigated.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2438031
http://hdl.handle.net/11536/129594
ISSN: 1932-4545
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2015.2438031
期刊: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS
起始頁: 678
結束頁: 685
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