Table 1.
Characteristics of individual patients and measurements during monitoring with frequency modulated continuous wave radar in postoperative patients
| Mechanical ventilation | Spontaneous breathing | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patient | Gender (m/f) | Age (years) | BMI (kg m2) | Surgical procedure | Tidal volumes during MV mean (SD)a | Radar measures (min) | Reference measures (min) | Radar measures (min) | Reference measures (min) |
| 1 | M | 53 | 26.0 | Prostatectomy | 768 (48) | 112 | 112 | 31 | 30 |
| 2 | M | 54 | 31.2 | Prostatectomy | 903 (199) | 141 | 141 | 26 | 23 |
| 3 | M | 62 | 24.5 | Prostatectomy | 697 (20) | 58 | 58 | 60 | 56 |
| 4 | M | 58 | 24.5 | Prostatectomy | 695 (67) | 170 | 170 | 42 | 37 |
| 5 | F | 34 | 31.7 | Hysterectomy | 586 (86) | 156 | 156 | 77 | 67 |
| 6 | F | 36 | 19.4 | Hysterectomy | 651 (82) | 72 | 72 | 102 | 34 |
| 7 | M | 63 | 25.3 | Prostatectomy | 678 (110) | 17 | 17 | 143 | 70 |
| 8 | F | 58 | 22.7 | Hysterectomy | 413 (49) | 70 | 70 | 39 | 34 |
M male, F female, Surgical procedures were robot assisted laparoscopic procedures
a MV mechanical ventilation