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Real-time Cardiorespiratory Status
to Improve Patient Care

AGM100 in Practice

The AGM100 is designed to assess the cardiorespiratory status of patients, including the identification of hypoxia, its severity, and source. It is particularly useful for conditions that affect pulmonary gas exchange, such as COPD, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, or heart failure, where the transfer of oxygen from the lungs to the blood is immediately detectable.

The measurement of Oxygen Deficit, provided by the AGM100, indicates the severity of impairment and offers a more comprehensive and precise view of cardiorespiratory status by including the oxygen levels of both the lungs (PAO2) and blood (PaO2), rather than relying solely on blood oxygenation levels.

Understanding Oxygen Deficit

The measurement of MediPines Oxygen Deficit, provided by the AGM100, is the most informative and comprehensive assessment of gas exchange.

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Advance Respiratory Medicine Throughout the Continuum of Care

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Understanding Oxygen Deficit

The measurement of MediPines Oxygen Deficit, provided by the AGM100, is the most informative and comprehensive assessment of gas exchange.  

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Provide patient-centered assessment and care

Fast, non-invasive assessment of a patient's cardiorespiratory status.

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Cardiorespiratory Assessment
  • Immediate results from a simple breathing sample​
  • Simultaneously view oxygenation, ventilation, and gas exchange efficiency​
  • Use Oxygen Deficit as a marker to determine respiratory impairment severity

Improve Patient Care
  • Quickly rule in or rule out conditions
  • Monitor ventilation and perfusion inequality, also known as V/Q mismatch
  • Leverage highly reproducible patient measurements 

Improve Operational Efficiency
  • Early identification of decompensating patients
  • Accurate medical decision making for escalated care  
  • Reliable patient disposition decisions

Differential Diagnosis and Condition Severity
  • Narrow differential diagnosis 
  • Monitor patients for respiratory compromise 
  • Identify the cause of vague complaints like shortness of breath or chest pain 

Reduce Post-Operative Risk

  • Risk stratify surgical patients 
  • Help early identification of atelectasis leading to hypoxemia
  • Support identification of post-anesthesia hypoventilation

Improve Patient Safety
  • Avoid harm to patients using non-invasive method
  • Reduce unnecessary diagnostic tests or procedures  
  • Minimize wait times for lab results, treat patients faster   
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Pulmonary Outpatient Clinics

Enhanced cardiorespiratory clinical information

Blood oxygenation, ventilation, and gas exchange simultaneously

Determine cardiorespiratory severity using O2 Deficit (non-invasive A-a gradient)

Establish clear baseline patient measurement prior to procedure

Increased operational efficiency

2-minute test allows MA to collect data and update chart before being seen by the MD

Automatic steady state recognition for repeatable result to test treatment effectiveness

Immediate results in office for faster clinical decisions

Assess patients in the clinic

Fully reimbursable procedure

Reduce the number of patients sent to lab or ER for similar information

Objective, repeatable test improves monitoring patients over time

 

Hospitals - Step Down, Critical Care, ER

Care path decisions and operational efficiency

Use O2 Deficit to make home/observe/admission decisions

Use O2 Deficit to predict the need for escalated care like supplemental oxygen

Identify hypoxic condition and sources of hypoxemia to direct treatment

Differential diagnosis and condition severity

Use O2 Deficit for differential diagnosis e.g., NSTEMI vs PE

Determine cardiorespiratory severity using O2 Deficit (non-invasive A-a gradient)

Add clarity in diffuse chief complaints like shortness of breath or chest pain

Relevant to Cardiology, Pulmonology, Respiratory

Used with quick response team to help identify the chief problem

Use O2 Deficit as a surrogate for V/Q matching

Objective, repeatable test improves monitoring patients over time

 

Surgical Procedures

Preoperative Gas Exchange Assessment

Risk stratify surgical patients for postoperative pulmonary complications

Preoperative evaluation to determine oxygenation strategies

Establish baseline measurement prior to anesthesia

 

Postoperative Gas Exchange Assessment

Monitor for residual shunt from the intra-operative period

Early identification of atelectasis leading to hypoxemia

Monitor for post-anesthesia hypoventilation

 

Improved Patient Discharge Safety

Confirm gas exchange efficiency before patient discharge

Reduce avoidable postoperative pulmonary complications

Confirm pharmacological effectiveness

 

Interventional Procedures

Before diagnostic cardiac catheterizations and imaging

Identify hypoxic condition and sources of hypoxemia to direct treatment

Complement ultrasound to determine severity using O2 Deficit (non-invasive A-a gradient)

Establish clear baseline patient measurement prior to procedure

During procedures aimed at improving V/Q matching

Confirm degree of the blockage being treated

Identify secondary blockages with changes in gas exchange

Maintain stable V/Q matching before ending the procedure

 

Post procedures and patient follow up

Confirm pharmacological effectiveness before patient discharge

Use oxygen deficit to approximate pulmonary vascular pressures

Manage fluid buildup (edema) in heart failure to avoid readmission