Detecting inspiratory holds in bedside waveforms using a probabilistic modeling approach

Abstract

In this paper we propose an algorithm for finding inspiratory holds in bedside waveforms using a probabilistic modeling approach. Inspiratory holds contain useful information about the properties of the patient. Finding inspiratory holds in bedside waveforms is a problem the author ran into when working on research with flow and pressure measurements from mechanical ventilators. In this paper, we propose a simple solution for detecting the inspiratory holds.