• Resuscitation · Mar 2019

    Randomized Controlled Trial

    Wireless and continuous monitoring of vital signs in patients at the general ward.

    • Mariska Weenk, Mats Koeneman, Tom H van de Belt, Engelen Lucien J L P G LJLPG Radboud REshape Innovation Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands., Harry van Goor, and Bredie Sebastian J H SJH Radboud REshape Innovation Center, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud Univers.
    • Department of Surgery, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: Mariska.Weenk@radboudumc.nl.
    • Resuscitation. 2019 Mar 1; 136: 47-53.

    BackgroundClinical deterioration regularly occurs in hospitalized patients potentially resulting in life threatening events. Early warning scores (EWS), like the Modified Early Warning Score (MEWS), assist care givers in assessing patients' clinical situation, but cannot alert for deterioration between measurements. New devices, like the ViSi Mobile (VM) and HealthPatch (HP) allow for continuous monitoring and can alert deterioration in an earlier phase. VM and HP were tested regarding MEWS calculation compared to nurse measurements, and detection of high MEWS in periods between nurse observations.MethodsThis quantitative study was part of a randomized controlled trial. Sixty patients of the surgical and internal medicine ward with a minimal expected hospitalization time of three days were randomized to VM or HP continuous monitoring in addition to regular nurse MEWS measurements for 24-72 h.ResultsMedian VM and HP MEWS were higher than nurse measurements (2.7 vs. 1.9 and 1.9 vs. 1.3, respectively), predominantly due to respiratory rate measurement differences. During 1282 h VM and 1886 h HP monitoring, 71 (14 patients) and 32 (7 patients) high MEWS periods were detected during the non-observed periods. Time between VM or HP based high MEWS and next regular nurse measurement ranged from 0 to 9 (HP) and 10 (VM) hours.ConclusionsBoth VM and HP are promising for continuous vital sign monitoring and may be more accurate than nurses. High MEWS can be detected in hospitalized patients around the clock and clinical deterioration at an earlier phase during unobserved periods.Copyright © 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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