Project Overview

An asthma action plan (AAP) is a set of medication changes custom designed for asthma patients in case of an asthma exacerbation. However, many asthma patients fail to utilize the plan due to the subjective nature of when to implement and insensitivity to early symptoms of an asthma exacerbation. Continuous monitoring of important indicators of asthma exacerbation such as shortness of breath from decreased respiratory volumes, cough and wheeze allows real time detection of an asthma exacerbation and helps patients utilize their AAP in a more timely manner. This project involves taking an existing "asthma shirt" with sensors that measure volume changes and sounds to optimize data collection and establish algorithms to analyze tidal volume, respiratory rate, cough and wheezing sounds, remove motion artifacts, and combine these data to alert the patient to proceed with an AAP.

Team Picture

Files

• Final Report (May 4, 2016)
• Final Poster (April 29, 2016)
• TONG Executive Summary (April 22, 2016)
• Preliminary Report (February 24, 2016)
• Preliminary Presentation (February 19, 2016)
• Product Design Specifications (PDS) (February 4, 2016)

Contact Information

Team Members

• Lida Acuna Huete - Team Leader
• Cassandra Thomas - Communicator & BWIG
• Jesse Wang - BSAC & BPAG

Advisor and Client

• Dr. Tom Yen - Advisor
• Dr. Sameer Mathur - Client
• Prof. John Webster - Alternate Contact

Related Projects

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• Spring 2017: Continuous monitoring of asthma control
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• Spring 2016: Continuous monitoring of asthma control