Associate Professor Takatoshi Kasai of Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor Nobuyuki Kagiyama of Faculty of Health Sciences, and Nihon Kohden's research group are located away from vital signs such as blood pressure and body temperature measured by patients infected with the new corona virus. We built a monitoring system in.
According to Juntendo University, there is an urgent need to prevent infection by medical staff in the new corona, but medical staff visit patients' hospital rooms to measure blood pressure, body temperature, respiratory rate, etc. There was concern about the infection.
For this reason, the research group has developed a system that allows patients to measure their own weight, body temperature, arterial oxygen saturation (SpO2), blood pressure, pulse, and heart rate, as well as the respiratory rate with a mat-type sensor placed under the bed. I made it.Data is automatically uploaded and can be monitored by medical staff at remote locations.
When 2020 patients actually used it between May and September 5, a total of about 9 measurement data were uploaded, which was in good agreement with the data actually measured by medical staff.
The research group believes that infectious disease management will reduce the risk and burden of infection for medical staff, and will make improvements in light of the needs of actual hospitals.
Paper information:[Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare] Validation of Telemedicine-based Self-Assessment of Vital Signs for Patients with COVID-19: A Pilot Study
