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Time is Key in the Emergency Department
Asthma Management
 In the U.S.A alone, there are approximately 1.8 million adult ED visits for acute asthma symptoms. This results in 500,000 hospitalizations and approximately 3,400 deaths from asthma each year. Measures of obstruction and response to treatment are limited to peak flow and volume measurements that are highly dependent on patient effort and can induce bronchospasm. Better disposition decisions may reduce ED bounce-back rates; thereby, improving quality of care and reducing costs.
Easy. Objective. Rapid. Reproducible.
VRIxp offers an easy, non-effort dependent procedure that provides regional lung function measurements Objectivity, reproducibility and non-invasiveness make VRIxp the method of choice for assessment of bronchodilator response and to follow regional lung function changes over time; this means decision confidence from ED admission to discharge.
VRIxp - The New Multi-tasker
The unique characteristics of the VRI technique makes it an excellent tool as an aid in diagnostics, patient status monitoring, and effective treatment assessment:
- Regional information shows asynchrony in acute exacerbations
- Automatic identification of lung sounds consistent with wheezes
- Serial measurements of patients to indicate treatment progress
References:
Comparison of VRI patterns in Acute Asthmatic Patients and Non-Asthmatic Patients in the ED
C. Pollack, et al. (abstract presented at the Western Regional SAEM (Sonoma) Meeting.)
Asynchrony between left and right lungs in acute asthma.
Z. Wang, et al. (Journal of Asthma. 2008 Sep;45(7):575-8.) |
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Advantages
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Radiation-free |
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Non-invasive |
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Immediate, objective , regional feedback to the healthcare
professionals of changes in respiratory status |
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Automatic, serial measurements |
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Accurate quantitative and visual representation of measurements |
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Simple, quick monitoring |
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Easy to interpret by the healthcare provider |
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Dedicated monitoring modality for the intensivist, pulmonologist, primary care |
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Cost effective |
Vibration Response Imaging
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