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Analysis of wheeze sounds during tidal breathing according to severity levels in asthma patients.
根据哮喘患者的严重程度分析潮气呼吸时的哮鸣音。
- 影响因子:1.98
- DOI:10.1080/02770903.2019.1576193
- 作者列表:"Nabi FG","Sundaraj K","Lam CK","Palaniappan R
- 发表时间:2020-04-01
Abstract
:Objective: This study aimed to statistically analyze the behavior of time-frequency features in digital recordings of wheeze sounds obtained from patients with various levels of asthma severity (mild, moderate, and severe), and this analysis was based on the auscultation location and/or breath phase. Method: Segmented and validated wheeze sounds were collected from the trachea and lower lung base (LLB) of 55 asthmatic patients during tidal breathing maneuvers and grouped into nine different datasets. The quartile frequencies F25, F50, F75, F90 and F99, mean frequency (MF) and average power (AP) were computed as features, and a univariate statistical analysis was then performed to analyze the behavior of the time-frequency features. Results: All features generally showed statistical significance in most of the datasets for all severity levels [χ2 = 6.021-71.65, p < 0.05, η2 = 0.01-0.52]. Of the seven investigated features, only AP showed statistical significance in all the datasets. F25, F75, F90 and F99 exhibited statistical significance in at least six datasets [χ2 = 4.852-65.63, p < 0.05, η2 = 0.01-0.52], and F25, F50 and MF showed statistical significance with a large η2 in all trachea-related datasets [χ2 = 13.54-55.32, p < 0.05, η2 = 0.13-0.33]. Conclusion: The results obtained for the time-frequency features revealed that (1) the asthma severity levels of patients can be identified through a set of selected features with tidal breathing, (2) tracheal wheeze sounds are more sensitive and specific predictors of severity levels and (3) inspiratory and expiratory wheeze sounds are almost equally informative.
摘要
目的: 本研究旨在统计分析不同哮喘严重程度 (轻度、中度和重度) 患者获得的哮鸣音数字记录中的时频特征行为,该分析基于听诊位置和/或呼吸阶段。方法: 在潮气呼吸动作中,收集 55 例哮喘患者的气管和下肺底 (LLB) 的分段和验证哮鸣音,并分为 9 个不同的数据集。计算四分位数频率 F25 、 F50 、 F75 、 F90 和 F99 、平均频率 (MF) 和平均功率 (AP) 作为特征,然后进行单变量统计分析,分析时频特征的行为。结果: 所有特征在所有严重程度水平的大多数数据集中普遍表现出统计学意义 [χ 2 = 6.021-71.65,p <0.05,η 2 = 0.01-0.52]。在调查的 7 个特征中,只有 AP 在所有数据集中都显示出统计学显著性。F25 、 F75 、 F90 和 F99 在至少六个数据集中表现出统计学意义 [χ 2 = 4.852-65.63,p <0.05,η 2 = 0.01-0.52],f25 、 F50 和 MF 在所有气管相关数据集中均显示出较大的 η 2,差异有统计学意义 [χ 2 = 13.54-55.32,p <0.05,Η 2 = 0.13-0.33]。结论: 时间-频率特征的结果显示 (1) 患者的哮喘严重程度可以通过一组选择的潮气呼吸特征来确定,(2) 气管哮鸣音是更敏感和更具体的预测严重程度水平和 (3)吸气和呼气哮鸣音几乎同样具有信息性。
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