Title
Demonstrating the accuracy of an in-hospital ambulatory patient monitoring solution in measuring respiratory rate.
Abstract
This paper presents clinical testing conducted to evaluate the accuracy of Aingeal, a wireless in-hospital patient monitor, in measuring respiration rate via impedance pneumography. Healthy volunteers were invited to simultaneously wear a CE Marked Aingeal vital signs monitor and a capnograph, the current gold standard in respiration rate measurement. During the test, participants were asked to undergo a series of defined breathing protocols which included normal breathing, paced breathing between 8-23 breaths per minute (bpm) and a recovery period following moderate exercise. Statistical analysis of the data collected shows a mean difference of -0.73, a standard deviation of 1.61, limits of agreement of -3.88 and +2.42 bpm and a P-value of 0.22. This testing demonstrates comparable performance of the Aingeal device in measuring respiration rate with a well-accepted and widely used alternative method.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1109/EMBC.2013.6611096
EMBC
Keywords
Field
DocType
electrocardiography,respiration rate measurement,capnograph,biomedical electrodes,biomedical measurement,ce marked aingeal vital signs monitor,statistical analysis,patient monitoring,pneumodynamics,impedance pneumography,body sensor networks,breathing,exercise,in-hospital ambulatory patient monitoring solution,wireless communication,respiratory rate,ambulatory care,temperature measurement,testing
Biomedical engineering,Remote patient monitoring,Anesthesia,Vital signs,Artificial intelligence,Electrocardiography,Medicine,Computer vision,Ambulatory,Respiratory rate,Respiration rate,Breathing,Standard deviation
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
2013
1557-170X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
N Donnelly100.34
T Hunniford200.34
Richard Harper31688120.74
A Flynn400.34
A Kennedy500.34
D Branagh600.34
McLaughlin, J.7411.37