Airway management systems for pulmonary disorder treatment

A method, comprising:

• receiving, at a ventilator monitor, sensor signals indicative of a sound pressure waveform from an acoustic sensor that is coupled to a tracheal tube positioned within an airway of a ventilated patient;
• identifying changes in the sound pressure waveform concurrent with a treatment of atelectasis;
• and
• providing an indication that the changes are indicative of increasing airway openness, decreasing airway openness, or unchanging airway openness.

A monitor configured to control ventilation of a patient, comprising:

• a communication component configured to communicate sensor signals from an acoustic sensor that is coupled to a tracheal tube positioned within a patient airway;
• a display;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the communication component and the display, wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive the sensor signals indicative of a sound pressure waveform from the acoustic sensor;
• analyze a negative deflection of the sound pressure waveform to determine a state of airway openness of lungs of the patient;
• and
• instruct the display to provide an indication of the state of airway openness.

A system, comprising:

• a tracheal tube positioned within an airway of a ventilated patient;
• an acoustic sensor coupled to the tracheal tube;
• and
• a monitor communicatively coupled to the acoustic sensor, wherein the monitor comprises a processor, and wherein the processor is configured to:
• receive a signal from the acoustic sensor;
• provide control instructions to initiate titration of one or more ventilatory parameters to deliver a gas mixture to the airway through the tracheal tube based on the signal;
• receive updated signals from the acoustic sensor during the titration;
• and
• identify a setting of the one or more ventilatory parameters associated with sufficient adjustment based on the updated signals from the acoustic sensor.