Are consumer-grade fitness trackers reliable and accurate for continuous vital sign monitoring in post-operative patients?
Consumer-grade fitness trackers provide reliable heart rate monitoring in post-operative patients, but oxygen saturation and respiratory rate measurements require careful clinical interpretation.
According to the results of the present study, tracker devices are generally reliable and accurate for HR monitoring, whereas SpO2 and RR measurements should be interpreted carefully, considering the clinical context of the respective patients.
Helmer et al. (Mon,) studied this question.