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Comparative Study
Contactless respiratory and heart rate monitoring: validation of an innovative tool.
- J Ben-Ari, E Zimlichman, N Adi, and P Sorkine.
- Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, Dana Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, and Sackler School of Medicine, 6 Weizman St., Tel-Aviv 64239, Israel.
- J Med Eng Technol. 2010 Oct 1;34(7-8):393-8.
Primary ObjectiveTo assess the accuracy of the EverOn™ piezoelectric sensor based contactless heart rate and respiration rate monitoring system.MethodsMeasurements of the EverOn™ and reference devices were performed in a sleep lab and an intensive care unit (ICU) setting. One minute measurements by both the reference device and the EverOn™ were averaged and compared. Accuracy was defined in accordance with industry criteria.ResultsRespiration rate (RR) accuracy in the 41 children and 16 adults evaluated in the sleep lab was 93.1% and 90.6% respectively, and heart rate (HR) accuracy was 94.4% and 91.5% respectively. For the 42 ICU patients RR accuracy was 82.0% and 75% (versus end-tidal CO(2) and manual respectively), while accuracy of HR was 94.0%. The EverOn™ was found to be superior to the impedance technique in measuring RR.ConclusionsThe system described was found to be accurate in accordance with regulatory and industry criteria.
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