Emerging Development of Auto-Charging Sensors for Respiration Monitoring

Table 1

Current mainstream methods used for clinical respiratory rate monitoring.

Methods	Advantages	Disadvantages
Spirometer	Accurate, simultaneous measurement of multiple respiratory parameters	Interfere with natural breathing, difficult for continuous respiratory rate monitoring
Capnometry	Accurate, easy to perform, able for continuous RR monitoring, simultaneous measurement of biochemical parameters	Uncomfortableness caused by contact, special devices needed for analysis
Manual counting	Easy to perform, noncontact	Inaccurate, time-consuming
Impedance pneumography	Accurate, continuous, simultaneous measurement of multiple respiratory parameters	Difficult to perform, special devices needed for analysis