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Ambulatory oxygen uptake measurement system. 1992

T Tamura, and K Sato, and T Togawa
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Yamaguchi University, Japan.

An apparatus for monitoring prolonged measurement of oxygen uptake without discomfort has been developed. The system is based on the open flow-through principle. The subject wears a hood through which air is drawn by an exhaust blower. Oxygen concentration is kept constant by a servo-controlled blower, so that flow rate is essentially proportional to oxygen uptake. The flow rate of the main stream is measured by a time-of-flight flowmeter located in the exhaust hose. Oxygen concentration is measured by a limiting-current oxygen sensor. The signals representing flow rate and oxygen concentration are digitized and stored in a memory. All of the equipment is assembled in a small package (wt = 3 kg) which the subject carries on his back. The memory chip is removed from the portable device after each experiment. Data are transferred from the memory to a microcomputer and then an oxygen uptake trend is estimated. Response of the system to a step input is about 30 s. Compared with a commercially available oxygen monitoring system (Magna 88, P. K. Morgan Ltd., Rainham, UK), the maximum difference was 0.15 L/min within an oxygen uptake range of 0.25-2.3 L/min. Thus, the measurements made with our portable device agree with the results obtained using the conventional method.

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D008297 Male Males
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
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D008991 Monitoring, Physiologic The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine. Patient Monitoring,Monitoring, Physiological,Physiologic Monitoring,Monitoring, Patient,Physiological Monitoring
D010100 Oxygen An element with atomic symbol O, atomic number 8, and atomic weight [15.99903; 15.99977]. It is the most abundant element on earth and essential for respiration. Dioxygen,Oxygen-16,Oxygen 16
D010101 Oxygen Consumption The rate at which oxygen is used by a tissue; microliters of oxygen STPD used per milligram of tissue per hour; the rate at which oxygen enters the blood from alveolar gas, equal in the steady state to the consumption of oxygen by tissue metabolism throughout the body. (Stedman, 25th ed, p346) Consumption, Oxygen,Consumptions, Oxygen,Oxygen Consumptions
D002138 Calibration Determination, by measurement or comparison with a standard, of the correct value of each scale reading on a meter or other measuring instrument; or determination of the settings of a control device that correspond to particular values of voltage, current, frequency or other output. Calibrations
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