Device, system and method for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device, system and method for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject. To enable more reliably determining pulse pressure variation of a subject the device comprises a signal input ( 11 ) configured to obtain an input signal representing a hemodynamic signal of the subject, a processor ( 12 ) configured to process the input signal and compute a pulse pressure variation and a signal output ( 13 ) configured to output the computed pulse pressure variation. The pulse pressure variation is computed by deriving a pulse height signal from the input signal, deriving a pulse height baseline and a de-trended pulse height signal from the pulse height signal as the ratio between the difference between extrema of the de-trended pulse height signal and the respective value of the pulse height baseline signal, and computing the pulse pressure variation from the de-trended pulse height signal and the pulse height baseline.

1 . A device for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject, said device comprising:
 a signal input configured to obtain an input signal representing a hemodynamic signal of the subject;   a processor configured to process the input signal and compute a pulse pressure variation by
 deriving a pulse height signal from the input signal, 
 deriving a pulse height baseline from the pulse height signal, 
 deriving a de-trended pulse height signal by subtracting the pulse height baseline from the pulse height signal; 
 computing the pulse pressure variation from the de-trended pulse height signal and the pulse height baseline as the ratio between the difference between extrema of the de-trended pulse height signal and the respective value of the pulse height baseline signal; and 
 signal output configured to output the computed pulse pressure variation. 
   
     
     
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         3 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the signal input is configured to obtain the ventilation frequency of the subject.   
     
     
         4 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to determine the ventilation frequency of the subject by extracting an input signal baseline from the input signal and estimating the ventilation frequency from the input signal baseline, in particular from an arterial blood pressure baseline.   
     
     
         5 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to determine the ventilation frequency of the subject by extracting the ventilation frequency from the de-trended pulse height signal.   
     
     
         6 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to filter the de-trended pulse height signal using a band pass filter around the ventilation frequency of the subject, in particular a band pass filter having an adaptive or predetermined center frequency and/or bandwidth, preferably a center frequency and/or bandwidth set based on the ventilation frequency.   
     
     
         7 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the signal input is configured to obtain as input signal a signal selected from the group of signals comprising an arterial blood pressure signal, a photoplethysmographic signal, a blood flow signal, a Doppler ultrasound signal, a laser Doppler signal, a speckle-contrast signal, a ballistocardiographic signal, an accelerometer signal, a radio-frequency inductance signal or a bio-impedance signal acquired from the subject.   
     
     
         8 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to compute the pulse pressure variation from the de-trended pulse height signal or the filtered de-trended pulse height signal in a computing window having a predetermined window length or a window length determined from the ventilation frequency of the subject, in particular having a window length of at least one ventilation cycle or an integer multiple of one ventilation cycle.   
     
     
         9 . The device as claimed in  claim 8 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to compute the pulse pressure variation value in a computing window by computing the difference between the maximum value and the minimum value or between an upper threshold value and a lower threshold value of the de-trended pulse height signal in the computing window, said upper threshold value being in a range of 75-99% and the lower threshold value being in a range of 1-25%.   
     
     
         10 . The device as claimed in  claim 8 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to compute the pulse pressure variation by dividing the computed pulse pressure variation values by the respective values of the pulse height baseline.   
     
     
         11 . The device as claimed in  claim 1 ,
 wherein the processor is configured to derive the pulse height signal from the input signal by interpolation, in particular spline interpolation or linear interpolation, and low-pass filtering.   
     
     
         12 . A system for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject, said system comprising:
 a signal acquisition unit configured to acquire an input signal representing a hemodynamic signal of the subject;   a device as claimed in  claim 1  for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject based on the acquired input signal; and   a signal issuing unit configured to issue the computed pulse pressure variation.   
     
     
         13 . A method for determining pulse pressure variation of a subject, said method comprising:
 obtaining an input signal representing a hemodynamic signal of the subject;   deriving a pulse height signal from the input signal;   deriving a pulse height baseline from the pulse height signal;   deriving a de-trended pulse height signal by subtracting the pulse height baseline from the pulse height signal;   computing the pulse pressure variation from the de-trended pulse height signal and the pulse height baseline signal as the ratio between the difference between extrema of the de-trended pulse height signal and the respective value of the pulse height baseline signal; and   outputting the computed pulse pressure variation.   
     
     
         14 . A computer program comprising program code means for causing a computer to carry out the steps of the method as claimed in  claim 13  when said computer program is carried out on the computer.