Esophageal pressure clinical decision support system

A method to improve operation of a ventilator comprising:

• accessing measurement data, by a computer processor, from two or more sensors for each of esophageal pressure data, airway pressure data, and airway flow data from a patient being ventilated;
• continuously comparing, by the computer processor, the esophageal pressure data with changes to each of the airway pressure data and the air flow data to determine an accuracy of the esophageal pressure data;
• and
• displaying, on a display, an automatic accuracy indicator to indicate a reliability of the esophageal pressure data.

A computer program product for improving operation of a ventilator comprising a computer readable storage medium having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to perform:

• accessing measurement data from two or more sensors for each of esophageal pressure data, airway pressure data, and airway flow data from a patient being ventilated;
• continuously comparing the esophageal pressure data with changes to each of the airway pressure data and the air flow data to determine an accuracy of the esophageal pressure data;
• and
• displaying, on a display, an automatic accuracy indicator to indicate a reliability of the esophageal pressure data.