A simplified wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring system is proposed for evaluation in a single-center prospective study compared with conventional ICU monitoring, with no data available yet.
Does a simplified wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring system improve the experience of medical staff in the ICU compared to conventional monitoring systems?
This paper outlines the protocol for a single-center prospective study to evaluate whether a novel wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring system improves ICU medical staff experience compared to conventional monitoring.
Despite the recent development of wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring devices and their necessity in clinical settings, the evidence regarding their application in real-world intensive care units (ICUs) is limited. These devices have notable problems, such as inefficient manufacturing and cumbersome hardware for medical staff and patients. In this study, we propose a simplified cardiopulmonary monitoring system and present a protocol for a single-center prospective study to evaluate the efficacy of the proposed system compared with those from the conventional monitoring system. The system was designed to continuously measure electrocardiogram, respiration rate, and oxygen saturation in a stand-alone device with an intuitive data visualization platform and automatic data collection. The accuracy of the data measured from the proposed device will be pre-validated by comparing them with those from the reference device. Medical staff from the St. Vincent’s Hospital ICU will complete a five-point Likert-type scale questionnaire regarding their experience with conventional ICU monitoring systems. The result will be compared with the second questionnaire conducted after deploying the system. Since this is a study proposal paper, we do not have any data on this study yet. However, compared with the conventional patient monitoring system, the proposed device should be a promising method to relieve medical staff fatigue and that of the patients who must wear and attach the monitoring device for a long time.
Lee et al. (Fri,) conducted a other in Intensive care unit monitoring. Simplified wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring system vs. Conventional ICU monitoring system was evaluated on Medical staff experience assessed via a five-point Likert-type scale questionnaire. A simplified wearable cardiopulmonary monitoring system is proposed for evaluation in a single-center prospective study compared with conventional ICU monitoring, with no data available yet.