Simulation of patient drain phase in peritoneal dialysis
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1. A method of modeling a patient'"'"'s peritoneal dialysis drain phase comprising:
- determining a constant flowrate for the patient residing in a particular patient position;
modeling a first segment of a drain phase curve as having the constant flowrate;
modeling a second segment of a drain phase curve as having a decaying exponential flowrate;
incorporating a switching component into the first and second segments so that (i) at a first time the first segment is active while the second segment is inactive and (ii) at a second time the first segment is inactive while the second segment is active; and
programming a computer to use the modeled first and second drain phase segments for at least one of;
(i) determining a drain time for an automated peritoneal dialysis (“
APD”
) machine, (ii) determining a dwell time for the APD machine, (iii) determining a drain time for a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy, (iv) setting a low flowrate alarm in the APD machine, (v) setting a minimum drain volume percentage in the APD machine, (vi) determining a dwell time for use in kinetically modeling a patient, and (vii) preventing overfilling of the patient.
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Abstract
A method of modeling a patient'"'"'s peritoneal dialysis drain phase includes (i) modeling a first segment of a drain phase curve as having a constant flowrate; (ii) modeling a second segment of a drain phase curve as having a decaying exponential flowrate; and (iii) incorporating a switching component into the first and second components so that (a) at a first time the first segment is active and while the second segment is inactive and (b) at a second time the first segment is inactive and while the second segment is active.
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1. A method of modeling a patient'"'"'s peritoneal dialysis drain phase comprising:
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determining a constant flowrate for the patient residing in a particular patient position; modeling a first segment of a drain phase curve as having the constant flowrate; modeling a second segment of a drain phase curve as having a decaying exponential flowrate; incorporating a switching component into the first and second segments so that (i) at a first time the first segment is active while the second segment is inactive and (ii) at a second time the first segment is inactive while the second segment is active; and programming a computer to use the modeled first and second drain phase segments for at least one of;
(i) determining a drain time for an automated peritoneal dialysis (“
APD”
) machine, (ii) determining a dwell time for the APD machine, (iii) determining a drain time for a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy, (iv) setting a low flowrate alarm in the APD machine, (v) setting a minimum drain volume percentage in the APD machine, (vi) determining a dwell time for use in kinetically modeling a patient, and (vii) preventing overfilling of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of modeling a patient'"'"'s peritoneal dialysis drain phase comprising:
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modeling a first segment of a drain phase curve as having a linear decrease in drain volume from the patient residing in a particular patient position; modeling a second segment of a drain phase curve as having an exponentially decaying decrease in drain volume from the patient; incorporating a switching component into the first and second segments so that (i) at a first time the first segment is active while the second segment is inactive and (ii) at a second time the first segment is inactive while the second segment is active; and programming a computer to use the modeled first and second drain phase segments for at least one of;
(i) determining a drain time for an automated peritoneal dialysis (“
APD”
) machine, (ii) determining a dwell time for the APD machine, (iii) determining a drain time for a continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis therapy, (iv) setting a low flowrate alarm in the APD machine, (v) setting a minimum drain volume percentage in the APD machine, (vi) determining a dwell time for use in kinetically modeling a patient, (vii) preventing overfilling of the patient, and (viii) determining a time at which the patient'"'"'s drain volume is calculated to drop to a certain level as a drain phase duration for therapy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for modeling a patient'"'"'s peritoneal dialysis drain phase comprising:
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a computer; and a non-transitory computer readable medium modified to yield an instantaneous drain volume remaining in a patient, VD, which is equal to [VD0−
Qmax*t]*Φ
+[VD0*e−
α
t]*(1−
Φ
), whereinVD0 is an initial patient drain volume; Qmax is a starting flowrate; Φ
is a switching component;α
is a decaying exponential constant; andt is time, and wherein the computer executes the computer readable medium and outputs the instantaneous drain volume. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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