Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa™) is a breakthrough measurement that allows clinicians to noninvasively and continuously assess patients’ breathing—facilitating earlier detection of respiratory compromise and patient distress.
How It Works
rainbow Acoustic Monitoring™ noninvasively and continuously measures respiration rate using an innovative adhesive sensor with an integrated acoustic transducer that is easily and comfortably applied to the patient's neck.
Using acoustic signal processing that leverages Masimo's patented revolutionary Signal Extraction Technology (SET®), the respiratory signal is separated and processed to display continuous respiration rate.
"Breathing adequately is what matters most. Masimo Acoustic Respiration Rate provides clinicians with the ability to automatically and continuously monitor the breathing status of post-surgical patients in general care or post-anaesthesia settings—alerting them to the first sign of an abnormal or compromised breathing pattern that may be indicative of airway obstruction or respiratory distress."
Michael Ramsay, M.D.
Chief of the Department of Anaesthesiology and Pain Management
Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Clinical Benefits
Respiration rate is a critical vital sign that provides early detection of respiratory compromise and patient distress
- > Continuous monitoring of respiration rate is especially important for post-surgical patients receiving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) for pain management as the sedation can induce respiratory depression and place patients at considerable risk of serious injury or death.1-4
- > Although the Anaesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) guidelines include oxygenation and ventilation monitoring in all patients receiving opioids,5 current methods for respiration rate monitoring can be limited by reliability or patient tolerance.6
- > Masimo rainbow SET® Pulse CO-Oximeters with rainbow Acoustic Monitoring™ help you meet APSF guidelines for monitoring post-operative patients.
Technology Platform
Masimo rainbow® is a noninvasive monitoring platform enabling the assessment of multiple blood constituents and physiologic parameters that previously required invasive or complicated procedures, in addition to providing Masimo SET® Measure-through Motion and Low Perfusion™ pulse oximetry.
- > Total Haemoglobin (SpHb®)
- > Carboxyhaemoglobin (SpCO®)
- > Methaemoglobin (SpMet®)
- > Oxygen Content (SpOC™)
- > Acoustic Respiration Rate (RRa™)
- > Oxygen Saturation (SpO2)
- > Pulse Rate (PR)
- > Perfusion Index (PI)
- > Pleth Variability Index (PVI®)
The upgradeable rainbow® platform lets you choose the rainbow® measurements that are right for you now and be confident that your investment in patient safety won’t become obsolete tomorrow.
PDF Resources
Sell Sheet:RRa
Technical Bulletin:Respiration Rate Accuracy of Masimo rainbow SET ®
Acoustic Monitoring and Capnography Monitoring
Whitepaper:Continuous and Noninvasive Respiration Rate with
rainbow®Acoustic Monitoring
REFERENCES
- 1 Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. Sentinel event alert: patient controlled analgesia by proxy; JCAHO. 2004.
- 2 Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Safety issues with patient-controlled analgesia: Part I – How errors occur; ISMP. 2003.
- 3 Institute for Safe Medication Practices. Safety issues with patient-controlled analgesia: Part II – How to prevent errors; ISMP. 2003.
- 4 Bird M. Acute pain management: a new area of liability for anaesthesiologists; ASA Newsletter. 2007; 71:8.
- 5 Weinger MB et al. APSF Newsletter. 2011; 26(2):21-40.
- 6 Macknet MR, et al. Accuracy and tolerance of a novel bioacoustic respiratory sensor in paediatric patients; Anaesthesiology. 2007; A84.
