Title :
Computer-based system for early diagnosis of gestational hypertension and preeclampsia
Author :
Mojón, A. ; Hermida, R.C. ; Ayala, D.E. ; Fernandez, J.R. ; Iglesias, M.
Author_Institution :
ETSI Telecomunicacion, Vigo Univ., Spain
Abstract :
Hardware for the automatic long-term measurement of blood pressure (BP) is wedded to a set of software modules for the computation of time-specified tolerance intervals and the evaluation of measures of BP excess in the design of a computer-based system for the diagnosis of gestational hypertension (GH). This software system may serve to help in early diagnosis, to initiate treatment if needed, to time treatment when it is more desirable and least harmful in terms of undesired effects, and to gauge the patient´s response to treatment
Keywords :
blood pressure measurement; computerised instrumentation; medical diagnostic computing; patient treatment; automatic long-term measurement; blood pressure measurement; computer-based diagnosis; early diagnosis; gestational hypertension; patient treatment; patient´s response; preeclampsia; software modules; time-specified tolerance intervals; Biomedical engineering; Hypertension; Medical treatment; Pregnancy; Pressure measurement; Sampling methods; Software systems; Software testing; System testing; Telecommunication computing;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.575322
