Real-time cardiorespiratory coherence is blind to changes in respiration during general anesthesia

Purpose. A novel real-time cardiorespiratory coherence (CRC) algorithm has been developed to monitor nociception during general anesthesia. CRC uses custom designed filters to track and analyze the respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) as it moves in time and frequency. CRC is a form of sensor fusion between heart rate and respiration, estimating the strength of linear coupling between the two signals. The aim of this study was to estimate the effect of changes in respiration rate (RR) and peak airway pressure (PPaw) on CRC. The response of CRC was compared to a prior offline wavelet-based algorithm (WTCRC) as well as traditional univariate heart rate variability (HRV) measures. A nociception index was created for each algorithm, ranging from 0 (no nociception) to 100 (strong nociception).

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