Selection of the Best Neonatal Ventilator in Patients with COVID-19 Using Multicriteria Analysis

Abstract

The multicriteria analysis is a useful tool that helps us to solve problems in which it is necessary to analyze the various variables present. In this work, the model of AHP and Grand Prix will be used to select the best neonatal ventilator among seven options of neonatal ventilators; to achieve this, different variables will be analyzed that will help us determine which is the best ventilator according to the criterion taken. When using both multicriteria methods, it was obtained that by AHP the ventilator that presents a better performance is the SynoVent E5 widely used in the current pandemic named COVID-19. With the Grand Prize model, the best option corresponds to the Humming Vue ventilator. It is of utmost importance to make the correct decision associated with the best ventilator, largely because the infants affected with COVID-19 require a constant flow of oxygen and with an adequate temperature for the timely breathing of their fragile bodies, including the wear and tear from the effort to breathe adequately. Neonates with serious problems may be in an incubator with periods from 7 weeks as a maximum limit to values of 27 weeks in the case of infants weighing <0.500 kg.